Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 12, 2008· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2008-5044
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.
Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_server_2003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_vista:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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