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CVE-2024-39920

MEDIUM CVSS: 4.3 Published: 2024-07-03 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

The TCP protocol in RFC 9293 has a timing side channel that makes it easier for remote attackers to infer the content of one TCP connection from a client system (to any server), when that client system is concurrently obtaining TCP data at a slow rate from an attacker-controlled server, aka the "SnailLoad" issue. For example, the attack can begin by measuring RTTs via the TCP segments whose role is to provide an ACK control bit and an Acknowledgment Number.

Affected Platforms

Unknown

Weakness Type

CWE-1255

References