Is CVE-2012-6142 being actively exploited?

CVE-2012-6142 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2012-6142?

CVE-2012-6142 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2012-6142

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 2.7%EU EUVD

Session::Cookie in the HTML::EP module 0.2011 for Perl does not properly use the Storable::thaw function, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted request, which is not properly handled when it is deserialized.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-94
EPSS score: 2.7% (86th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2012-6003)
Published: June 4, 2014
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-6003 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

jochen wiedmann / html

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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