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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-10743

hostapd before 2.6 does not prevent use of the low-quality PRNG that is reached by an os_random() function call.

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CVE-2016-10743
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31 Oct 2026, 09:39 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2016-10743

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Mar 2019, 19:29 UTC

hostapd before 2.6 does not prevent use of the low-quality PRNG that is reached by an os_random() function call.

osv:CVE-2016-10743
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10743",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-10743",
    "summary": "hostapd before 2.6 does not prevent use of the low-quality PRNG that is reached by an os_random() function call.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-10743",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://git.w1.fi/cgit/hostap",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "2462f347bca0a7cce7e06ff88adbe3aa47c52d54"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "98a516eae8260e6fd5c48ddecf8d006285da7389"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:hostapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "2.6"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "98a516eae8260e6fd5c48ddecf8d006285da7389"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "hostap_2_5",
            "hostap_2_4",
            "hostap_2_3",
            "hostap_2_2",
            "hostap_2_1",
            "aosp-kk-from-upstream",
            "hostap_2_0",
            "aosp-jb-start",
            "hostap-1-bp",
            "hostap_0_7_2",
            "hostap_0_7_1",
            "hostap_0_7_0",
            "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-2016-10743.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:29.320776681Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/03/msg00035.html",
        "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3944-1/",
        "https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=98a516eae8260e6fd5c48ddecf8d006285da7389"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-10743",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379424,
  "published_at": "2019-03-23T19:29:00.21+00:00"
}