CVE-2016-10743: w1.fi hostapd Insufficient Entropy in PRNG
CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-10743DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10743DLA-1733-1
Published 23-03-2019Last modified 06-08-2024
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-10743 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Insufficient Entropy in PRNG vulnerability in w1.fi hostapd. EPSS estimates a 2.35% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)EPSS score
2.35%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 daysKEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 23-03-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 06-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
hostapd before 2.6 does not prevent use of the low-quality PRNG that is reached by an os_random() function call.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versionsHigh 7.5Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NSourcesAll 3 agree
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Medium 5.0Preferred score · NVD (NIST)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:NSourcesSingle source
EPSS trend
Probability
2.35%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
83%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 2.35% on 19-09-2026
19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score2.35%
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- wpa< 2:2.6-7 | < 2.3-1+deb8u7
Ubuntu1 product
- wpa< 2.1-0ubuntu1.7 | < 2.4-0ubuntu6.4
W1.fi1 product
- hostapd< 2.6
3 vendors · 3 products
References
11 links- w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=98a516eae8260e6fd5c48ddecf8d006285da7389X Refsource MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
