Extraction Methods

This category of functions is used to extract CVE information from text.

ExtractCve

Extract all CVE identifiers from a string.

Function Signature

func ExtractCve(text string) []string

Example

package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "github.com/scagogogo/cve"
)

func main() {
    text := "System affected by CVE-2021-44228 and cve-2022-12345"
    cves := cve.ExtractCve(text)
    fmt.Printf("Found CVEs: %v\n", cves)
    // Output: [CVE-2021-44228 CVE-2022-12345]
}

ExtractFirstCve

Extract the first CVE identifier from text.

Function Signature

func ExtractFirstCve(text string) string

Split

Split a CVE identifier into year and sequence components.

Function Signature

func Split(cve string) (year string, seq string)

ExtractCveYear

Extract the year component from a CVE identifier.

Function Signature

func ExtractCveYear(cve string) string

Best Practices

1. Use ExtractCve() for comprehensive text scanning
2. Use Split() when you need both year and sequence
3. Always validate extracted CVEs using ValidateCve()