CVE-2008-5044 Race condition in n/a
Local attackers can cause a system crash or hang via a race condition in Windows hook management functions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-5044?
CVE-2008-5044 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Server 2003, published on 12 Nov 2008. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-362
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-5044?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows Vista.
How do I fix CVE-2008-5044?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-5044 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2008-5044 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-5044 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Server 2003
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gv34-ph34-9crg.