CVE-2008-6819 — win32k.sys in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Vista allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors related to CreateWindow, TranslateMessage, and DispatchMessage, possibly a race condition between threads, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1084

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win32k.sys in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Vista allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors related to CreateWindow, TranslateMessage, and DispatchMessage, possibly a race condition between threads, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1084

Published Jun 1, 2009

4.7

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.30%

Description

win32k.sys in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Vista allows local users to cause a denial of service (system crash) via vectors related to CreateWindow, TranslateMessage, and DispatchMessage, possibly a race condition between threads, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-1084. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.30% 0.01300

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

EPSS probability 0.01300

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 (12 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.30% (0.01300)	69.41th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.30% (0.01300)	66.61th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.25% (0.00252)	46.63th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00043)	11.40th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 18, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.31th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	10.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00043)	7.51th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.30% (0.01297)	68.36th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.30% (0.01297)	68.31th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 26, 2022	1.30% (0.01297)	66.14th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.55% (0.01554)	72.93th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.55% (0.01554)	51.83th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-362

Race Condition

References (3)

http://bugtraq.ru/cgi-bin/forum.mcgi?type=sb&b=2&m=152274
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35121
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/35121.c
x_refsource_MISCExploit

Link	Providers	Tags
http://bugtraq.ru/cgi-bin/forum.mcgi?type=sb&b=2&m=152274		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35121		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/35121.c		x_refsource_MISCExploit

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 1, 2009

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Jun 1, 2009

Link CVE-2008-6819

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2008-6819

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2008-6819