Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/2838?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/2838?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-6hdv-9tpg-jufa", "summary": "arbitrary code execution", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2016-5177" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1214?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/chromium@53.0.2785.143-1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-23r5-2t8w-v7at" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-e9wp-r712-sqfs" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ejm6-nzh1-gkc3" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-gwrk-6rk9-q3fu" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-huk5-xm8k-9kcv" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ng22-9at2-9ke6" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-nr8u-genv-qbe6" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-rxgk-y3u1-h7hb" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-tbpe-k7zm-zuhs" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-u4ad-cet7-nyfq" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-uj7a-qr63-suhs" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-wp3h-rxwh-z3df" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-zaqs-fg52-muar" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-zfks-nutv-j3ac" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/chromium@53.0.2785.143-1" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1216?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/chromium@53.0.2785.116-1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-6hdv-9tpg-jufa" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-eadn-8857-v3hg" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/chromium@53.0.2785.116-1" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5177", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.01906", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.83584", "published_at": "2026-05-30T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-5177" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201610-1", "reference_id": "ASA-201610-1", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201610-1" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-42", "reference_id": "AVG-42", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "Critical", "scoring_system": "archlinux", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-42" } ], "weaknesses": [], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "9.0 - 10.0", "exploitability": null, "weighted_severity": null, "risk_score": null, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-6hdv-9tpg-jufa" }