CVE-2020-8989

Published Feb 13, 2020 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Voatz application 2020-01-01 for Android, the amount of data transmitted during a single voter's vote depends on the different lengths of the metadata across the available voting choices, which makes it easier for remote attackers to discover this voter's choice by sniffing the network. For example, a small amount of sniffed data may indicate that a vote was cast for the candidate with the least metadata. An active man-in-the-middle attacker can leverage this behavior to disrupt voters' abilities to vote for a candidate opposed by the attacker.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-29819 In the Voatz application 2020-01-01 for Android, the amount of data transmitted during a single voter's vote depends on the different lengths of the metadata across the available voting choices, which makes it easier for remote attackers to discover this voter's choice by sniffing the network. For example, a small amount of sniffed data may indicate that a vote was cast for the candidate with the least metadata. An active man-in-the-middle attacker can leverage this behavior to disrupt voters' abilities to vote for a candidate opposed by the attacker.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 10:19 AM
Reserved
Feb 13, 2020, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 13, 2020, 9:15 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 3:27 AM