CVE-2016-10743

unknown
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk

Description

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

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10743

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2:2.6-7
debian debianbullseyefixed2:2.6-7
debian debianforkyfixed2:2.6-7
debian debiansidfixed2:2.6-7
debian debiantrixiefixed2:2.6-7

References

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.