{"cve":"CVE-2008-5044","nvd":{"published":"2008-11-12T23:30:02.853","modified":"2026-06-16T22:59:08.713","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-362"],"references":["http://killprog.com/whk.zip","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4576","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/498165/100/0/threaded","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32206","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46506"],"products":["microsoft:windows_server_2003","microsoft:windows_vista"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-5044","score":0.0168,"percentile":0.76944,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}