Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/62871?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/62871?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-y92g-afff-2ua7", "summary": "The \"pingsender\" executable used by the Firefox Health Report dynamically loads a system copy of libcurl, which an attacker could replace. This allows for privilege escalation as the replaced libcurl code will run with Firefox's privileges. *Note: This attack requires an attacker have local system access and only affects OS X and Linux. Windows systems are not affected.*", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2017-7836" } ], "fixed_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/371492?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/firefox@57.0-1", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/firefox@57.0-1" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/583476?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/firefox@57.0-1?distro=sid", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox@57.0-1%3Fdistro=sid" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/582059?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/firefox@149.0-1?distro=sid", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox@149.0-1%3Fdistro=sid" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1059611?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/firefox@149.0.2-1?distro=sid", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox@149.0.2-1%3Fdistro=sid" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1076056?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/firefox@150.0-1?distro=sid", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox@150.0-1%3Fdistro=sid" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1088670?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/firefox@150.0.1-1?distro=sid", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox@150.0.1-1%3Fdistro=sid" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1105248?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/firefox@150.0.2-1?distro=sid", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox@150.0.2-1%3Fdistro=sid" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/1112518?format=api", "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/firefox@150.0.3-1?distro=sid", "is_vulnerable": false, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:deb/debian/firefox@150.0.3-1%3Fdistro=sid" } ], "affected_packages": [ { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/371491?format=api", "purl": "pkg:alpm/archlinux/firefox@56.0.2-1", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-2xza-hhmr-5ybw" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-4437-azu7-hyhb" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-6a4w-c6p8-affn" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-7xac-5zdj-9fgk" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-bk86-keag-kfg8" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-dhyh-m8p3-ebdq" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-e4pk-uyeh-xfgk" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ebzs-h9p8-tbb4" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-gkrs-1aat-efhf" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-ka31-epgw-2kcq" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-kg3p-hut6-47f6" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-qc2y-5tzg-ruav" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-wwjw-cqjk-8qe2" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-xn3a-bun2-vkhy" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-y92g-afff-2ua7" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:alpm/archlinux/firefox@56.0.2-1" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7836", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.00087", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.24828", "published_at": "2026-05-12T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00087", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.25088", "published_at": "2026-04-01T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00087", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.24747", "published_at": "2026-05-05T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00087", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.24821", "published_at": "2026-05-07T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00087", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.24883", "published_at": "2026-05-09T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00087", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.24808", "published_at": "2026-05-11T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00087", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.25169", "published_at": "2026-04-02T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00087", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.2521", "published_at": "2026-04-04T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00087", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.24981", "published_at": "2026-04-07T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00087", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.25049", "published_at": "2026-04-08T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00087", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.25094", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:55:00Z" }, { 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"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_id": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7836", "reference_id": "CVE-2017-7836", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "4.6", "scoring_system": "cvssv2", "scoring_elements": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P" }, { "value": "7.8", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7836" }, { "reference_url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24", "reference_id": "mfsa2017-24", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "critical", "scoring_system": "generic_textual", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 427, "name": "Uncontrolled Search Path Element", "description": "The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "4.6 - 10.0", "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "9.0", "risk_score": 4.5, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-y92g-afff-2ua7" }