Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/219260?format=api
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"is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/vsftpd@3.0.5-0.7%3Fdistro=trixie" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/370074?format=api", "purl": "pkg:rpm/redhat/vsftpd@2.0.5-12?arch=el5", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-tgvq-26be-nuhz" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:rpm/redhat/vsftpd@2.0.5-12%3Farch=el5" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2007-5962.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2007-5962.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-5962", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.1715", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.95158", "published_at": "2026-06-11T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.1715", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.95174", "published_at": "2026-06-12T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.1715", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.95176", "published_at": "2026-06-13T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.1715", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.95177", "published_at": "2026-06-14T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2007-5962" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=397011", "reference_id": "397011", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=397011" }, { "reference_url": "https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/5814.pl", "reference_id": "CVE-2007-5962", "reference_type": "exploit", "scores": [], "url": "https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/5814.pl" }, { "reference_url": "https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/31818.sh", "reference_id": "CVE-2007-5962;OSVDB-45626", "reference_type": "exploit", "scores": [], "url": "https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/31818.sh" }, { "reference_url": "https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/31819.pl", "reference_id": "CVE-2007-5962;OSVDB-45626", "reference_type": "exploit", "scores": [], "url": "https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/dos/31819.pl" }, { "reference_url": "https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29322/info", "reference_id": "CVE-2007-5962;OSVDB-45626", "reference_type": "exploit", "scores": [], "url": "https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29322/info" }, { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0295", "reference_id": "RHSA-2008:0295", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0295" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 401, "name": "Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime", "description": "The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory." } ], "exploits": [ { "date_added": "2008-05-21", "description": "vsftpd 2.0.5 - 'deny_file' Option Remote Denial of Service (2)", "required_action": null, "due_date": null, "notes": null, "known_ransomware_campaign_use": true, "source_date_published": "2008-05-21", "exploit_type": "dos", "platform": "windows", "source_date_updated": "2016-12-07", "data_source": "Exploit-DB", "source_url": "https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29322/info" } ], "severity_range_score": null, "exploitability": "2.0", "weighted_severity": "0.2", "risk_score": 0.4, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-tgvq-26be-nuhz" }