CVE-2020-8989

MEDIUM

Voatz 2020-01-01 - Observable Discrepancy via Metadata Length Variation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://blog.voatz.com/?p=1209

Scores

CVSS v3 5.3
EPSS 0.0103
EPSS Percentile 59.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-203
Status published
Products (1)
voatz/voatz 2020-01-01
Published Feb 13, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026