Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 12, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-5044

Description

Race condition in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Vista allows local users to cause a denial of service (crash or hang) via a multi-threaded application that makes many calls to UnhookWindowsHookEx while certain other desktop activity is occurring.

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Affected products

Microsoft/Windows Server 20032 versions
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Microsoft/Windows
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Microsoft/Windows Vistallm-fuzzy

Patches

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References

killprog.com/whk.zipnvdExploit
www.securityfocus.com/bid/32206nvdExploit
securityreason.com/securityalert/4576nvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498165/100/0/threadednvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46506nvd

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