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CVE-2008-6819

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Published: Jun 1, 2009Modified: Apr 23, 2026

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4.7
Vector
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Exploitability: 3.4 / Impact: 6.9
Source: NVD

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 (2)

Microsoft
2 products
Windows 2003 Server
Windows Vista
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Windows 2003 Server
All versions
Windows Vista
All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-362
Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (6)

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Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
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