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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-10064 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.41%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-11-21 | 3.09% | 1.41% | -1.69% |
| 2 | 2025-11-18 | 1.41% | 3.09% | +1.69% |
| 3 | 2025-05-16 | — | 1.41% | — |
Full EPSS history (15 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 3.1 | HIGH |
|
3.9 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
|
10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
not yet assigned | CVE-2019-10064 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wpa), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-10064 |
redhat
|
medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-10064 |
ubuntu
|
low | CVE-2019-10064 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wpa), 17 status rows across 17 suites (bionic, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 14, needed 2, released 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-10064 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| w1.fi | hostapd | < 2.6 | cpe:2.3:a:w1.fi:hostapd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 8.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 9.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156573/Hostapd-Insufficient-Entropy.html | Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Feb/26 | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/27/1 | Exploit Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/02/27/2 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/03/msg00010.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00013.html | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| https://w1.fi/cgit/hostap/commit/?id=98a516eae8260e6fd5c48ddecf8d006285da7389 | Patch Third Party Advisory |