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.
References (7)
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0140
EPSS Percentile
80.5%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-331
Status
published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
w1.fi/hostapd
< 2.6
Published
Feb 28, 2020
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026