Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/7918?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/7918?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-hvre-wgyt-23dz", "summary": "Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer\npcre2test.c in PCRE2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted regular expression.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2017-8786" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/934552?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/pcre2@10.31-1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/pcre2@10.31-1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1052527?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/pcre2@10.32-5", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-n3na-8bf2-r3gv" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-nhna-bk28-t3ex" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-sqxs-v4xg-5kd8" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/pcre2@10.32-5" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/934547?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/pcre2@10.36-2%2Bdeb11u1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-puhw-2qwq-gqet" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/pcre2@10.36-2%252Bdeb11u1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/934545?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/pcre2@10.42-1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/pcre2@10.42-1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/934549?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/pcre2@10.46-1~deb13u1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, 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"VCID-n3na-8bf2-r3gv" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-nhna-bk28-t3ex" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-sqxs-v4xg-5kd8" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-udse-25e2-vfeb" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ywee-ghvk-pubu" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/pcre2@2.08-1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1052526?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/pcre2@10.22-3", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-hvre-wgyt-23dz" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-n3na-8bf2-r3gv" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-nhna-bk28-t3ex" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-sqxs-v4xg-5kd8" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/pcre2@10.22-3" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/23968?format=api", "purl": "pkg:nuget/pcre.symbols@10.23.0", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-hvre-wgyt-23dz" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ywee-ghvk-pubu" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:nuget/pcre.symbols@10.23.0" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-8786.json", "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:N/I:N/A:L" } ], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-8786.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-8786", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.00671", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.71302", "published_at": "2026-04-07T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00671", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.71399", "published_at": "2026-04-18T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00671", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.71364", "published_at": "2026-04-12T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00671", "scoring_system": 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"reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/04/29/libpcre-heap-based-buffer-overflow-write-in-pcre2test-c/" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2079", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugs.exim.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2079" }, { "reference_url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8786", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8786" }, { "reference_url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "3.3", "scoring_system": "cvssv3.1", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L" } ], "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml" }, { "reference_url": "https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=696", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=696" }, { "reference_url": "https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=697", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://vcs.pcre.org/pcre2?view=revision&revision=697" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500717", "reference_id": "1500717", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500717" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=861873", "reference_id": "861873", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=861873" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre2:10.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_id": "cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre2:10.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:pcre:pcre2:10.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8786", "reference_id": "CVE-2017-8786", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "7.5", "scoring_system": "cvssv2", "scoring_elements": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P" }, { "value": "9.8", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-8786" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-09", "reference_id": "GLSA-201710-09", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-09" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 1035, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2017." }, { "cwe_id": 119, "name": "Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer", "description": "The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer." }, { "cwe_id": 937, "name": "OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are related to the A9 category in the OWASP Top Ten 2013." }, { "cwe_id": 122, "name": "Heap-based Buffer Overflow", "description": "A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc()." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "3.3 - 9.8", "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "8.8", "risk_score": 4.4, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-hvre-wgyt-23dz" }