CWE-339 (Small Seed Space in PRNG) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.
A Pseudo-Random Number Generator (PRNG) uses a relatively small seed space, which makes it more susceptible to brute force attacks.
| Kind | Name | Class | Prevalence | OS / CPE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| language | — | Not Language-Specific | Undetermined | — |
These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.
| CVE | Published | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2024-10026 | 2025-01-30 | A weak hashing algorithm and small sizes of seeds/secrets in Google's gVisor allowed for a remote attacker to calculate a local IP address and a per-boot identifier that could aid in tracking of a dev… |
| Date | Name | Version | Importance | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-07-01 | Eric Dalci | 1.0 | — | updated Time_of_Introduction |
| 2008-09-08 | CWE Content Team | 1.0 | — | updated Maintenance_Notes, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings |
| 2009-03-10 | CWE Content Team | 1.3 | — | updated Potential_Mitigations |
| 2009-12-28 | CWE Content Team | 1.7 | — | updated Potential_Mitigations |
| 2010-06-21 | CWE Content Team | 1.9 | — | updated Observed_Examples, Potential_Mitigations |
| 2011-06-01 | CWE Content Team | 1.13 | — | updated Common_Consequences |
| 2011-06-27 | CWE Content Team | 2.0 | — | updated Common_Consequences |
| 2011-09-13 | CWE Content Team | 2.1 | — | updated Potential_Mitigations, References |
| 2012-05-11 | CWE Content Team | 2.2 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2012-10-30 | CWE Content Team | 2.3 | — | updated Potential_Mitigations |
| 2017-11-08 | CWE Content Team | 3.0 | — | updated Applicable_Platforms, Modes_of_Introduction, References, Relationships |
| 2019-06-20 | CWE Content Team | 3.3 | — | updated Type |
| 2020-02-24 | CWE Content Team | 4.0 | — | updated Relationships |
| 2021-03-15 | CWE Content Team | 4.4 | — | updated Maintenance_Notes |
| 2021-07-20 | CWE Content Team | 4.5 | — | updated Demonstrative_Examples, Description, Maintenance_Notes, Observed_Examples, Potential_Mitigations, References |
| 2023-04-27 | CWE Content Team | 4.11 | — | updated References, Relationships, Time_of_Introduction |
| 2023-06-29 | CWE Content Team | 4.12 | — | updated Mapping_Notes |
| 2023-10-26 | CWE Content Team | 4.13 | — | updated Demonstrative_Examples |
| 2025-09-09 | CWE Content Team | 4.18 | — | updated References |
| 2025-12-11 | CWE Content Team | 4.19 | — | updated Weakness_Ordinalities |