Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/9692?format=api
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"http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/929196?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libxml2@2.9.14%2Bdfsg-1.3~deb12u5?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-62bb-e8vk-7uh4" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-d1ar-1945-sygd" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-knx8-5fpz-zbgn" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-nj3a-zqw9-6bga" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/libxml2@2.9.14%252Bdfsg-1.3~deb12u5%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/929200?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libxml2@2.12.7%2Bdfsg%2Breally2.9.14-2.1%2Bdeb13u2?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-62bb-e8vk-7uh4" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-d1ar-1945-sygd" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-knx8-5fpz-zbgn" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-nj3a-zqw9-6bga" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/libxml2@2.12.7%252Bdfsg%252Breally2.9.14-2.1%252Bdeb13u2%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/929199?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/libxml2@2.15.2%2Bdfsg-0.1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/libxml2@2.15.2%252Bdfsg-0.1%3Fdistro=trixie" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/22321?format=api", "purl": "pkg:nuget/libxml2@2.9.3", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-4gyr-nwyy-qfeq" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-bp8r-8jjt-hygw" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-netm-9gxh-3yh4" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-t9pa-yw9s-kqb9" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-tazr-2qgq-77fy" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-wy5v-dsp3-a7aa" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:nuget/libxml2@2.9.3" } 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"https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml" }, { "reference_url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98567", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98567" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1408305", "reference_id": "1408305", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1408305" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9597", "reference_id": "CVE-2016-9597", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9597" } ], "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 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