Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/63277?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/63277?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-wzt1-wzps-kqbr", "summary": "Limitations on the URIs allowed to WebExtensions by the browser.windows.create API can be bypassed when a pipe in the URL field is used within the extension to load multiple pages as a single argument. This could allow a malicious WebExtension to opened privileged about: or file: locations.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2018-18497" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/371398?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/firefox@64.0-1", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/firefox@64.0-1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/583567?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/firefox@64.0-1?distro=sid", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox@64.0-1%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" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1076056?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/firefox@150.0-1?distro=sid", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox@150.0-1%3Fdistro=sid" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/371397?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/firefox@63.0.3-1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-9h4y-xcex-1fch" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-cszr-1fu2-6be5" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ka9x-22be-p7aw" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-n1v6-q6wt-ebaj" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-qvqm-n242-vyea" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-skbg-e4em-bkaw" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-vnmz-2agw-k3fg" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-wzt1-wzps-kqbr" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-yq6p-sv1g-m3bj" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/firefox@63.0.3-1" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-18497.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "6.5", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N" } ], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2018-18497.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-18497", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.00217", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.44266", "published_at": "2026-04-01T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00217", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.44229", "published_at": "2026-04-24T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00217", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.4434", "published_at": "2026-04-12T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00217", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.44339", "published_at": "2026-04-13T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00217", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.44395", "published_at": "2026-04-16T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00217", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.44386", "published_at": "2026-04-18T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00217", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.44316", "published_at": "2026-04-21T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00217", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.44338", "published_at": "2026-04-02T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00217", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.4436", "published_at": "2026-04-04T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00217", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.44297", "published_at": "2026-04-07T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00217", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.44349", "published_at": "2026-04-08T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00217", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.44354", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00217", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.44372", "published_at": "2026-04-11T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2018-18497" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1488180", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1488180" }, { "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:L/I:N/A:N" } ], "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml" }, { "reference_url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29/" }, { "reference_url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106167", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106167" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1696112", "reference_id": "1696112", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1696112" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201812-9", "reference_id": "ASA-201812-9", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201812-9" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-833", "reference_id": "AVG-833", 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"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*", "reference_id": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*", "reference_id": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_id": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18497", "reference_id": "CVE-2018-18497", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "4.3", "scoring_system": "cvssv2", "scoring_elements": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N" }, { "value": "6.5", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-18497" }, { "reference_url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29", "reference_id": "mfsa2018-29", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "critical", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2018-29" }, { "reference_url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/", "reference_id": "USN-3844-1", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3844-1/" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 20, "name": "Improper Input Validation", "description": "The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly." }, { "cwe_id": 59, "name": "Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')", "description": "The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource." }, { "cwe_id": 270, "name": "Privilege Context Switching Error", "description": "The product does not properly manage privileges while it is switching between different contexts that have different privileges or spheres of control." }, { "cwe_id": 552, "name": "Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties", "description": "The product makes files or directories accessible to unauthorized actors, even though they should not be." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "3.3 - 10.0", "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "9.0", "risk_score": 4.5, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-wzt1-wzps-kqbr" }