Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/62874?format=api
{ "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/vulnerabilities/62874?format=api", "vulnerability_id": "VCID-6a4w-c6p8-affn", "summary": "Control characters prepended before javascript: URLs pasted in the addressbar can cause the leading characters to be ignored and the pasted JavaScript to be executed instead of being blocked. This could be used in social engineering and self-cross-site-scripting (self-XSS) attacks where users are convinced to copy and paste text into the addressbar.", "aliases": [ { "alias": "CVE-2017-7839" } ], "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-2017-7839", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.00633", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.70475", "published_at": "2026-05-12T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00633", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.7028", "published_at": "2026-04-01T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00633", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.70436", "published_at": "2026-04-29T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00633", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.70408", "published_at": "2026-05-05T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00633", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.70449", "published_at": "2026-05-11T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00633", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.7048", "published_at": "2026-05-09T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00633", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.70293", "published_at": "2026-04-02T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00633", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.7031", "published_at": "2026-04-04T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00633", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.70288", "published_at": "2026-04-07T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00633", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.70333", "published_at": "2026-04-08T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00633", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.70348", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00633", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.70371", "published_at": "2026-04-11T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00633", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.70356", "published_at": "2026-04-12T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00633", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.70342", "published_at": "2026-04-13T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00633", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.70385", "published_at": "2026-04-16T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00633", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.70395", "published_at": "2026-04-18T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00633", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.70375", "published_at": "2026-04-21T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.00633", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.70427", "published_at": "2026-04-24T12:55:00Z" } ], "url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-7839" }, { "reference_url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402896", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1402896" }, { "reference_url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2017-24/" }, { "reference_url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101832" }, { "reference_url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039803" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201711-23", "reference_id": "ASA-201711-23", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201711-23" }, { "reference_url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-494", "reference_id": "AVG-494", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "Critical", "scoring_system": "archlinux", "scoring_elements": "" } ], "url": "https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-494" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_id": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7839", "reference_id": "CVE-2017-7839", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "4.3", "scoring_system": "cvssv2", "scoring_elements": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N" }, { "value": "6.1", "scoring_system": "cvssv3", "scoring_elements": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7839" }, { "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" }, { "reference_url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3477-1/", "reference_id": "USN-3477-1", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3477-1/" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 79, "name": "Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')", "description": "The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "4.3 - 10.0", "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "9.0", "risk_score": 4.5, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-6a4w-c6p8-affn" }