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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-6061

An exploitable heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the way CoTURN 4.5.1.1 web server parses POST requests. A specially crafted HTTP POST request can lead to information leaks and other misbehavior. An attacker needs to send an HTTPS request to trigger this vulnerability.

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1 Nov 2026, 05:40 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-6061

core-osv · Original source

Published 19 Feb 2020, 19:15 UTC

An exploitable heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the way CoTURN 4.5.1.1 web server parses POST requests. A specially crafted HTTP POST request can lead to information leaks and other misbehavior. An attacker needs to send an HTTPS request to trigger this vulnerability.

osv:CVE-2020-6061
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-6061",
  "method": "structured",
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    "summary": "An exploitable heap out-of-bounds read vulnerability exists in the way CoTURN 4.5.1.1 web server parses POST requests. A specially crafted HTTP POST request can lead to information leaks and other misbehavior. An attacker needs to send an HTTPS request to trigger this vulnerability.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2020-6061",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:32.150433443Z",
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        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OUVZRXW5ZIGWVKOLF3NPXRPP74YX7BUY/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XN2NK6FT7AMW5UIZNXDNHKEAYWAUMGSF/",
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 432948,
  "published_at": "2020-02-19T19:15:12.147+00:00"
}