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Vulnerability Instance

Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.

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            "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3217"
        },
        {
            "reference_url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200804-22",
            "reference_id": "GLSA-200804-22",
            "reference_type": "",
            "scores": [],
            "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200804-22"
        }
    ],
    "weaknesses": [
        {
            "cwe_id": 189,
            "name": "Numeric Errors",
            "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to improper calculation or conversion of numbers."
        }
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    "severity_range_score": "6.8 - 6.8",
    "exploitability": "0.5",
    "weighted_severity": "6.1",
    "risk_score": 3.0,
    "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-67tu-cpzn-t7ep"
}