CVE-2008-6819: Microsoft Windows 2003 Server

Medium severity, CVSS 4.7. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Microsoft Windows 2003 Server: any version
• Microsoft Windows Vista: any version

Published 2009-06-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.