Vulnerability Instance
Lookup for vulnerabilities affecting packages.
GET /api/vulnerabilities/86331?format=api
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"is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-1bdw-9rs5-6ycg" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-3uaa-r5vu-2fg9" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-cvs2-zecm-z3h8" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-k6dd-ykw2-nfh6" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-rwak-wvuw-qbcg" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:ruby/ruby@2.2" }, { "url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/api/packages/130666?format=api", "purl": "pkg:ruby/ruby@2.3", "is_vulnerable": true, "affected_by_vulnerabilities": [ { "vulnerability": "VCID-1cad-uybu-2uau" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-3uaa-r5vu-2fg9" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-91b7-xx8t-rqhr" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-bad1-7aa4-cugv" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-beub-d11r-nbe4" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-cvs2-zecm-z3h8" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-fapg-pt6b-rfb2" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-qyz5-zmnt-qucy" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-rdme-1q3s-43d8" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-rwak-wvuw-qbcg" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-xkd6-jvma-skfk" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-y29u-wpkt-rkgp" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-zwxw-299r-wfgx" }, { "vulnerability": "VCID-zybm-uuxu-67gh" } ], "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/packages/pkg:ruby/ruby@2.3" } ], "references": [ { "reference_url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-3916.json", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2014-3916.json" }, { "reference_url": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2014-3916", "reference_id": "", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "0.0049", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.65692", "published_at": "2026-05-12T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0049", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.65491", "published_at": "2026-04-01T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0049", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.6554", "published_at": "2026-04-02T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0049", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.6557", "published_at": "2026-04-04T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0049", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.65536", "published_at": "2026-04-07T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0049", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.65588", "published_at": "2026-04-08T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0049", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.656", "published_at": "2026-04-09T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0049", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.65619", "published_at": "2026-04-11T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0049", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.65605", "published_at": "2026-04-12T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0049", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.65577", "published_at": "2026-04-13T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0049", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.65612", "published_at": "2026-04-16T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0049", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.65625", "published_at": "2026-04-18T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0049", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.65608", "published_at": "2026-04-21T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0049", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.65623", "published_at": "2026-04-24T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0049", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.65635", "published_at": "2026-04-26T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0049", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.65634", "published_at": "2026-04-29T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0049", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.65611", "published_at": "2026-05-05T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0049", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.65659", "published_at": "2026-05-07T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0049", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.65703", "published_at": "2026-05-09T12:55:00Z" }, { "value": "0.0049", "scoring_system": "epss", "scoring_elements": "0.65673", "published_at": "2026-05-11T12:55:00Z" } 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"reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_id": "cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "reference_type": "", "scores": [], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:rubyonrails:rails:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" }, { "reference_url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3916", "reference_id": "CVE-2014-3916", "reference_type": "", "scores": [ { "value": "5.0", "scoring_system": "cvssv2", "scoring_elements": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P" } ], "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3916" } ], "weaknesses": [ { "cwe_id": 119, "name": "Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer", "description": "The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer." }, { "cwe_id": 19, "name": "Data Processing Errors", "description": "Weaknesses in this category are typically found in functionality that processes data. Data processing is the manipulation of input to retrieve or save information." } ], "exploits": [], "severity_range_score": "5.0 - 5.0", "exploitability": "0.5", "weighted_severity": "4.5", "risk_score": 2.2, "resource_url": "http://public2.vulnerablecode.io/vulnerabilities/VCID-3uaa-r5vu-2fg9" }