def get_generic_field_dict(cve, field):
    """
    Attempts to extract the dictionary associated to the field
    from the provided cve.
    If none is found, returns an empty dictionary.

    Parameters
    ----------
    cve : dict
        The dictionary generated from the CVE json.

    Returns
    -------
    dict
        This will be either the field's dictionary value, or an empty dictionary.
    """
    return cve[field] if field in cve else {}