Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/41428?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/41428?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-9sg6-dv5z-sbfq", "summary": "Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Pidgin, allowing for\n remote arbitrary code execution, Denial of Service and service spoofing.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2008-2955" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/935304?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/pidgin@2.4.3-1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/pidgin@2.4.3-1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/935301?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/pidgin@2.14.1-1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-zhu6-8jrm-73bc" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/pidgin@2.14.1-1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/935299?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/pidgin@2.14.12-1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/pidgin@2.14.12-1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/935302?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/pidgin@2.14.14-1?distro=trixie", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/pidgin@2.14.14-1%3Fdistro=trixie" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/75653?format=api", "purl": "pkg:ebuild/net-im/pidgin@2.5.1", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:ebuild/net-im/pidgin@2.5.1" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/129185?format=api", "purl": "pkg:rpm/redhat/pidgin@2.5.2-6?arch=el5", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-9hw9-a9yt-p7fv" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-9sg6-dv5z-sbfq" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ag3e-ee6x-tbcv" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:rpm/redhat/pidgin@2.5.2-6%3Farch=el5" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/129184?format=api", "purl": "pkg:rpm/redhat/pidgin@2.5.2-6?arch=el4", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-9hw9-a9yt-p7fv" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-9sg6-dv5z-sbfq" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ag3e-ee6x-tbcv" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:rpm/redhat/pidgin@2.5.2-6%3Farch=el4" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-2955.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2008-2955.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2008-2955", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.17668", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.95172", "published_at": "2026-05-14T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.17668", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.95072", "published_at": "2026-04-01T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.17668", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.95083", "published_at": "2026-04-04T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.17668", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.95085", "published_at": "2026-04-07T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.17668", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.95092", "published_at": "2026-04-08T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.17668", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.95096", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.17668", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": 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"http://secunia.com/advisories/32859", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/32859" }, { "reference_url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/33102", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/33102" }, { "reference_url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3966", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3966" }, { "reference_url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10131", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10131" }, { "reference_url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18050", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18050" }, { "reference_url": "http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-493.htm" }, { "reference_url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:025" }, { "reference_url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-1023.html" }, { "reference_url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493682/100/0/threaded", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493682/100/0/threaded" }, { "reference_url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29985" }, { "reference_url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-675-1" }, { "reference_url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1947", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1947" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453736", "reference_id": "453736", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=453736" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488632", "reference_id": "488632", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=488632" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_id": "cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:pidgin:pidgin:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2955", "reference_id": "CVE-2008-2955", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "4.3", "scoring_system": "cvssv2", "scoring_elements": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2955" }, { "reference_url": "https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/32749.txt", "reference_id": "CVE-2008-2955;OSVDB-46576", "reference_type": "exploit", "scores": [], "url": "https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/dos/32749.txt" }, { "reference_url": 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