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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10743

HighCVSS 7.5 / 10
Published Mar 23, 2019·Last modified Apr 28, 2026
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

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

Risk Scores
Base Score
7.5

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data.

Threat Intelligence
6.9

Exploitation attempts have been detected. Elevated vigilance and prompt remediation are advised.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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