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CVE Numbering Authority
mitre
26.58/100 over 2,339 records
in the last 180 days
· 21.12/100 over 115,096 all-time
The rules, last 180 days
Share of the records earning each credit, and the points it is worth.
Describe: can a reader tell what the vulnerability is?
10.81 / 25Description
An English description that is not a placeholder: full credit from 200 characters, 0.7 from 80, 0.4 from 40, none below.
87% · 8.69/10
Title
A title.
0% · 0.0/5
Cwe
A weakness as a CWE identifier in problemTypes; a free-text problem type without one earns a quarter.
21% · 2.12/10
Scope: can a reader tell whether they are affected?
4.83 / 25Affected
An affected entry naming both a vendor and a product; one side missing or 'n/a' earns half.
21% · 2.12/10
Versions
An affected entry stating versions, as a version or a bound; a defaultStatus alone earns half.
21% · 1.7/8
Cpe
A CPE on an affected entry, or a cpeApplicability block.
14% · 1.01/7
Assess: can a reader tell how bad it is?
3.72 / 25Severity
A severity statement in the CNA container: a CVSS v3 or v4 vector, an SSVC decision, or a vendor rating as an 'other' metric. A CVSS v2 vector alone earns half.
24% · 3.62/15
Modern severity
A CVSS v4 vector or an SSVC decision.
2% · 0.1/5
Impacts
An impacts entry (a CAPEC identifier or an impact description).
0% · 0.0/5
Act: can a reader tell what to do about it?
7.23 / 25References
At least one reference.
100% · 7.0/7
Reference tags
At least one reference carrying tags.
2% · 0.09/5
Remediation
A reference tagged 'patch'; one tagged 'vendor-advisory', 'mitigation' or 'release-notes' earns 0.6.
1% · 0.08/8
Solutions
A solution or a workaround.
1% · 0.06/5
Context, not score
- Severity supplied by an ADP
- 75% (1761 records)
- Weakness supplied by an ADP
- 78% (1830 records)
- No severity statement
- 76%
- Descriptions under 100 characters
- 4%
- Known exploited
- 14 · 5 published without a severity
- Reservation to publication
- median 54.0 days · p90 296.0 days
- Rejected records
- 38
Score per publication year
| 2026 | 24.74 | 3,289 |
| 2025 | 22.24 | 5,203 |
| 2024 | 16.02 | 5,910 |
| 2023 | 15.92 | 6,237 |
| 2022 | 19.18 | 7,612 |
| 2021 | 21.46 | 6,473 |
| 2020 | 22.38 | 7,221 |
| 2019 | 20.9 | 7,730 |
| 2018 | 21.25 | 7,290 |
| 2017 | 21.83 | 6,611 |
| 2016 | 23.14 | 1,647 |
| 2015 | 22.56 | 2,031 |
| 2014 | 22.26 | 2,655 |
| 2013 | 22.51 | 1,234 |
| 2012 | 22.28 | 2,107 |
| 2011 | 22.49 | 2,086 |
| 2010 | 22.15 | 2,831 |
| 2009 | 22.09 | 4,899 |
| 2008 | 22.09 | 5,038 |
| 2007 | 21.99 | 6,730 |
| 2006 | 21.83 | 6,355 |
| 2005 | 21.16 | 6,302 |
| 2004 | 23.26 | 1,612 |
| 2003 | 22.85 | 1,223 |
| 2002 | 21.82 | 1,690 |
| 2001 | 21.44 | 1,323 |
| 2000 | 20.19 | 1,437 |
| 1999 | 19.08 | 320 |
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