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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: 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 srandom() call, which results in inappropriate use of deterministic values. This was fixed in conjunction with CVE-2016-10743.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:32 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2019-10064

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Feb 2020, 15:15 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2019-10064
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-10064",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2019-10064",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2019-10064",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
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              "type": "GIT",
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "hostap_2_2",
            "hostap_2_1",
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            "hostap-1-bp",
            "hostap_0_7_2",
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            "hostap_0_6_7",
            "hostap_0_6_6",
            "hostap_0_6_5",
            "hostap_0_6_4",
            "hostap_0_6_3"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2019-10064.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:34.627535074Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00010.html",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00013.html",
        "https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=98a516eae8260e6fd5c48ddecf8d006285da7389"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
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                  },
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                  }
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              }
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        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
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      }
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381866,
  "published_at": "2020-02-28T15:15:11.993+00:00"
}