Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/62857?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/62857?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-39za-a75a-z7c3", "summary": "On Linux systems, if the content process is compromised, the sandbox broker will allow files to be truncated even though the sandbox explicitly only has read access to the local file system and no write permissions. *Note: This attack only affects the Linux operating system. Other operating systems are not affected.*", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2017-7794" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/371522?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/firefox@55.0-1", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/firefox@55.0-1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/582746?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/firefox@55.0-1?distro=sid", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox@55.0-1%3Fdistro=sid" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/582059?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/firefox@149.0-1?distro=sid", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox@149.0-1%3Fdistro=sid" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1059611?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/firefox@149.0.2-1?distro=sid", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox@149.0.2-1%3Fdistro=sid" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/371521?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/firefox@54.0.1-1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-39za-a75a-z7c3" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-3cbn-278y-hkah" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-48em-7yxs-pqf9" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-4rt5-58ue-sufc" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-6aqn-abjb-skbd" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-7mvz-mr2e-hyfx" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-9cje-24ah-p7fk" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-d7jf-wx4p-cuek" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-dck1-2x3v-1ygr" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-eaau-g1uf-73gd" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-f7ut-fqny-tffr" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-gf3v-rmys-syex" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-hd7u-f91y-dqhz" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-hk7b-ckyd-7qg2" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-hw2h-w5r2-7qhv" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-kn3f-cx36-17h2" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-nmws-nx6k-5qbe" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-np75-dzzq-8yef" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-q7jk-b69d-bbav" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-qetw-2ah7-5ba4" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-qh1k-c7ct-efg8" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-s558-4jac-47ft" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-vgwu-jbjv-xyd1" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-xzxb-5pq8-9bfd" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-yk2z-f6vu-93fb" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/firefox@54.0.1-1" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-7794.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "7.8", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H" } ], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-7794.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7794", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.00046", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.14221", "published_at": "2026-04-01T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00046", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.14049", "published_at": "2026-04-16T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00046", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.1417", "published_at": "2026-04-07T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00046", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.14252", "published_at": "2026-04-08T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00046", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.14306", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00046", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.14253", "published_at": "2026-04-11T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00046", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.14215", "published_at": "2026-04-12T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00046", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.14158", "published_at": "2026-04-13T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00046", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.14299", "published_at": "2026-04-02T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00046", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.14362", "published_at": "2026-04-04T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7794" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1374281", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1374281" }, { "reference_url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "8.8", "scoring_system": "cvssv2", "scoring_elements": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C" }, { "value": "4.7", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L" } ], "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml" }, { "reference_url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18/" }, { "reference_url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039124" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1479211", "reference_id": "1479211", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1479211" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201708-3", "reference_id": "ASA-201708-3", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201708-3" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-375", "reference_id": "AVG-375", 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"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7794", "reference_id": "CVE-2017-7794", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "4.6", "scoring_system": "cvssv2", "scoring_elements": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P" }, { "value": "7.8", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7794" }, { "reference_url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18", "reference_id": "mfsa2017-18", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "critical", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-18" }, { "reference_url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3391-1/", "reference_id": "USN-3391-1", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3391-1/" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 250, "name": "Execution with Unnecessary Privileges", "description": "The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses." }, { "cwe_id": 276, "name": "Incorrect Default Permissions", "description": "During installation, installed file permissions are set to allow anyone to modify those files." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "4.6 - 10.0", "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "9.0", "risk_score": 4.5, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-39za-a75a-z7c3" }