Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/41793?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/41793?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-2v94-raqw-5ycp", "summary": "A stack-based buffer overflow has been discovered in Ghostscript, allowing\n arbitrary code execution.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2008-0411" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/923043?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript@8.61.dfsg.1-1.1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript@8.61.dfsg.1-1.1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/923039?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript@9.53.3~dfsg-7%2Bdeb11u7?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-1nh4-crmx-jfb5" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-j6nh-rfbg-z7f7" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-k837-n44h-pkbm" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-rdmp-hfbg-2kh5" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-t3n4-wrgr-bkdy" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-wzad-uxqp-63h3" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript@9.53.3~dfsg-7%252Bdeb11u7%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/923037?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript@10.0.0~dfsg-11%2Bdeb12u8?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-1nh4-crmx-jfb5" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-k837-n44h-pkbm" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-rdmp-hfbg-2kh5" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-t3n4-wrgr-bkdy" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-wzad-uxqp-63h3" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript@10.0.0~dfsg-11%252Bdeb12u8%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/923041?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript@10.05.1~dfsg-1%2Bdeb13u1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-k837-n44h-pkbm" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-wzad-uxqp-63h3" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript@10.05.1~dfsg-1%252Bdeb13u1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/923040?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript@10.07.0~dfsg-2?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/ghostscript@10.07.0~dfsg-2%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/75788?format=api", "purl": "pkg:ebuild/app-text/ghostscript-esp@8.15.4-r1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-hptz-wfa8-y7cp" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-zjc3-q4rm-r3df" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:ebuild/app-text/ghostscript-esp@8.15.4-r1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/75791?format=api", "purl": "pkg:ebuild/app-text/ghostscript-gnu@8.15.4-r1", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:ebuild/app-text/ghostscript-gnu@8.15.4-r1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/75792?format=api", "purl": "pkg:ebuild/app-text/ghostscript-gnu@8.60.0-r2", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:ebuild/app-text/ghostscript-gnu@8.60.0-r2" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/75793?format=api", "purl": "pkg:ebuild/app-text/ghostscript-gnu@8.61-r3", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:ebuild/app-text/ghostscript-gnu@8.61-r3" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/75789?format=api", "purl": "pkg:ebuild/app-text/ghostscript-gpl@8.15.4-r1", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:ebuild/app-text/ghostscript-gpl@8.15.4-r1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/75790?format=api", "purl": "pkg:ebuild/app-text/ghostscript-gpl@8.61-r3", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:ebuild/app-text/ghostscript-gpl@8.61-r3" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/129409?format=api", "purl": "pkg:rpm/redhat/ghostscript@7.05-32.1?arch=13", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-2v94-raqw-5ycp" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:rpm/redhat/ghostscript@7.05-32.1%3Farch=13" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/129407?format=api", "purl": "pkg:rpm/redhat/ghostscript@7.07-33.2.el4_6?arch=1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-2v94-raqw-5ycp" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:rpm/redhat/ghostscript@7.07-33.2.el4_6%3Farch=1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/129408?format=api", "purl": "pkg:rpm/redhat/ghostscript@8.15.2-9.1.el5_1?arch=1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-2v94-raqw-5ycp" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:rpm/redhat/ghostscript@8.15.2-9.1.el5_1%3Farch=1" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-0411.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-0411.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-0411", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", 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"0.15307", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.94641", "published_at": "2026-04-16T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-0411" }, { "reference_url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0411", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0411" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431536", "reference_id": "431536", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=431536" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=468190", "reference_id": "468190", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=468190" }, { "reference_url": "https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/remote/31309.c", "reference_id": "CVE-2008-0411;OSVDB-42310", "reference_type": "exploit", "scores": [], "url": "https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/remote/31309.c" }, { "reference_url": "https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28017/info", "reference_id": "CVE-2008-0411;OSVDB-42310", "reference_type": "exploit", "scores": [], "url": "https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28017/info" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200803-14", "reference_id": "GLSA-200803-14", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200803-14" }, { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0155", "reference_id": "RHSA-2008:0155", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008:0155" }, { "reference_url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/599-1/", "reference_id": "USN-599-1", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/599-1/" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 121, "name": "Stack-based Buffer Overflow", "description": "A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a 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