CVE-2019-10064
mediumpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.038 · 90 %ileEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5–7.5
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affected products (11)
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references (25)
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- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/26cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/27/1cnnvd
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/27/2cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00010.htmlcnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00013.htmlcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-10064cnnvd
- https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156573/Hostapd-Insufficient-Entropy.htmlcnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/wpa-information-disclosure-via-bad-random-in-cryptography-31769cnnvd
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