CVE-2008-5044

medium

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46506

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498165/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4576

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-11-12

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 4.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00743