CWE-343 5 CVEs MITRE definition ↗

CWE-343: Predictable Value Range from Previous Values

Overview

CWE-343 (Predictable Value Range from Previous Values) documents a weakness type used across vulnerability databases and security assessments. Use the sections below for definition, context, and mapped CVEs.

Security impact
Security impact: Depends on product and context; use CVE records, severity scores, and MITRE guidance to prioritize.

Description

The product's random number generator produces a series of values which, when observed, can be used to infer a relatively small range of possibilities for the next value that could be generated.

Applicable platforms

Kind Name Class Prevalence OS / CPE
language Not Language-Specific Undetermined

Related CVEs in this database

These CVEs are mapped to this weakness in this database and kept for traceability and search.

CVE Published Summary
CVE-2026-33221 2026-03-20 Nhost is an open source Firebase alternative with GraphQL. Prior to version 0.12.0, the storage service's file upload handler trusts the client-provided Content-Type header without performing server-s…
CVE-2026-32694 2026-03-18 In Juju from version 3.0.0 through 3.6.18, when a secret owner grants permissions to a secret to a grantee, the secret owner relies exclusively on a predictable XID of the secret to verify ownership. …
CVE-2017-7901 2017-06-30 A Predictable Value Range from Previous Values issue was discovered in Rockwell Automation Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1100 programmable-logic controllers 1763-L16AWA, Series A and B, Version 16.00 and p…
CVE-2017-6030 2017-06-30 A predictable value range from previous values issue was discovered in Schneider Electric Modicon PLCs Modicon M221, firmware versions prior to Version 1.5.0.0, Modicon M241, firmware versions prior t…
CVE-2014-5409 2015-03-14 The 17046 Ethernet card before 94450214LFMT100SEM-L.R3-CL for the GE Digital Energy Hydran M2 does not properly generate random values for TCP Initial Sequence Numbers (ISNs), which makes it easier fo…

Content submission

Name
PLOVER
Date
2006-07-19
Version
Draft 3

Content modifications

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 Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2008-10-14 CWE Content Team 1.0.1 updated Description
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 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 References, Relationships
2012-10-30 CWE Content Team 2.3 updated Potential_Mitigations
2017-11-08 CWE Content Team 3.0 updated Applicable_Platforms, References
2020-02-24 CWE Content Team 4.0 updated Relationships
2021-07-20 CWE Content Team 4.5 updated Maintenance_Notes
2023-01-31 CWE Content Team 4.10 updated Description
2023-04-27 CWE Content Team 4.11 updated References, Relationships
2023-06-29 CWE Content Team 4.12 updated Mapping_Notes
2025-09-09 CWE Content Team 4.18 updated References
2025-12-11 CWE Content Team 4.19 updated Weakness_Ordinalities
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