CVE-2008-5044 — 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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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

Published Nov 12, 2008

4.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.68%

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

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.68% 0.01680

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01680

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.68% (0.01680)	76.09th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.68% (0.01680)	73.85th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.74% (0.00743)	71.29th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00043)	11.61th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 20, 2024	0.04% (0.00043)	9.80th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00043)	7.79th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	2.42% (0.02421)	81.54th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	2.42% (0.02421)	79.79th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	2.42% (0.02421)	58.42th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-362

Race Condition

References (5)

http://killprog.com/whk.zip
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4576
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498165/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32206
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46506
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://killprog.com/whk.zip		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4576		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498165/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32206		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46506		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Nov 12, 2008

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Nov 12, 2008

Link CVE-2008-5044

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-5044

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-5044