Package Instance
Lookup for vulnerable packages by Package URL.
GET /api/packages/374391?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/374391?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/libxml2@2.9.8-4", "type": "alpm", "namespace": "archlinux", "name": "libxml2", "version": "2.9.8-4", "qualifiers": {}, "subpath": "", "is_vulnerable": true, "next_non_vulnerable_version": "2.9.8-5", "latest_non_vulnerable_version": "2.9.14-1", "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/8928?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-8pzj-mq5r-rqcq", "summary": "Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')\nThe xz_decomp function in xzlib.c in libxml2, if --with-lzma is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted XML file that triggers LZMA_MEMLIMIT_ERROR, as demonstrated by xmllint, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-8035.", "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-9251.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "3.5", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L" } ], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-9251.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-9251", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.00772", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.735", "published_at": "2026-04-01T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00772", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.73597", "published_at": "2026-04-21T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00772", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.73551", "published_at": "2026-04-13T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00772", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.73595", "published_at": "2026-04-16T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00772", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.73604", "published_at": "2026-04-18T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00772", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.73509", "published_at": "2026-04-02T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00772", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.73531", "published_at": "2026-04-04T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00772", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.73503", "published_at": "2026-04-07T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00772", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.73539", "published_at": "2026-04-08T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00772", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.73553", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00772", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.73576", "published_at": "2026-04-11T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00772", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.73559", "published_at": "2026-04-12T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-9251" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794914", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=794914" }, { "reference_url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "3.3", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L" } ], "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml" }, { "reference_url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00035.html", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00035.html" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1565318", "reference_id": "1565318", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1565318" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201810-3", "reference_id": "ASA-201810-3", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201810-3" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201810-4", "reference_id": "ASA-201810-4", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201810-4" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-672", "reference_id": "AVG-672", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "Medium", "scoring_system": "archlinux", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-672" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-673", "reference_id": "AVG-673", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "Medium", "scoring_system": "archlinux", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-673" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9251", "reference_id": "CVE-2018-9251", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-9251" }, { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1827", "reference_id": "RHSA-2020:1827", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1827" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/374392?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/libxml2@2.9.8-5", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/libxml2@2.9.8-5" } ], "aliases": [ "CVE-2018-9251" ], "risk_score": 3.1, "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "6.2", "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-8pzj-mq5r-rqcq" } ], "fixing_vulnerabilities": [], "risk_score": "3.1", "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/libxml2@2.9.8-4" }