Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/97835?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/97835?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-6sya-vave-ckgn", "summary": "Heap-based buffer overflow in the S_regatom function in regcomp.c in Perl 5 before 5.24.3-RC1 and 5.26.x before 5.26.1-RC1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a regular expression with a '\\N{}' escape and the case-insensitive modifier.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2017-12837" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/4348?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/perl@5.20.2-3%2Bdeb8u11", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-dx7d-j7be-93e7" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-n1jt-6svb-x3e3" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/perl@5.20.2-3%252Bdeb8u11" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/122407?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/perl@5.26.0-8?distro=trixie", 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"pkg:deb/debian/perl@5.40.1-6?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/perl@5.40.1-6%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/122328?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/perl@5.40.1-7?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/perl@5.40.1-7%3Fdistro=trixie" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/4337?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/perl@5.004.04-6", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-5q5y-jrh7-wqdy" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-6sya-vave-ckgn" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-dx7d-j7be-93e7" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ktn9-tw2d-37ex" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-n1jt-6svb-x3e3" } ], "resource_url": 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"http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/117826?format=api", "purl": "pkg:rpm/redhat/perl-main@1.03-524?arch=hum1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-5q5y-jrh7-wqdy" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-6sya-vave-ckgn" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-dx7d-j7be-93e7" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-e2fg-jp9e-4kg7" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ekp1-w5tb-tybq" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ktn9-tw2d-37ex" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-w237-wtg2-dqf3" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-xvu2-qdne-s7eu" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:rpm/redhat/perl-main@1.03-524%3Farch=hum1" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-12837.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "5.9", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H" } ], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2017-12837.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-12837", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.0244", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.85453", "published_at": "2026-06-04T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-12837" }, { "reference_url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12837", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12837" }, { "reference_url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12883", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12883" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1492091", "reference_id": "1492091", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": 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