Timing Side Channel Vulnerability in Electric Coin Company Zcashd

Timing Side Channel Vulnerability in Electric Coin Company Zcashd

CVE-2020-8807 · MEDIUM Severity

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

In Electric Coin Company Zcashd before 2.1.1-1, the time offset between messages could be leveraged to obtain sensitive information about the relationship between a suspected victim's address and an IP address, aka a timing side channel.

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