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CVE-2019-10064
hostapd before 2.6, in EAP mode, makes calls to the rand() and random() standard library functions without any preceding srand() or…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
hostapd before 2.6, in EAP mode, makes calls to the rand() and random() standard library functions without any preceding srand() or srandom() call, which results in inappropriate use of deterministic values. This was fixed in conjunction with CVE-2016-10743.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Published
- 4 years later
· 4 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.6% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References7
- https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=98a516eae8260e6fd5c48ddecf8d006285da7389 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20200227 Hostapd fails at seeding PRNGS, leading to insufficient entropy (CVE-2016-10743 and CVE-2019-10064) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20200227 Re: Hostapd fails at seeding PRNGS, leading to insufficient entropy (CVE-2016-10743 and CVE-2019-10064) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20200227 Hostapd fails at seeding PRNGS, leading to insufficient entropy (CVE-2016-10743 and CVE-2019-10064) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156573/Hostapd-Insufficient-Entropy.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200311 [SECURITY] [DLA 2138-1] wpa security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200808 [SECURITY] [DLA 2318-1] wpa security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2019-2125 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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