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CVE Numbering Authority

vmware

64.14/100 over 251 records in the last 180 days · 49.87/100 over 886 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?

20.61 / 25
Description
An English description that is not a placeholder: full credit from 200 characters, 0.7 from 80, 0.4 from 40, none below.
98% · 9.77/10
Title
A title.
88% · 4.42/5
Cwe
A weakness as a CWE identifier in problemTypes; a free-text problem type without one earns a quarter.
64% · 6.42/10

Scope: can a reader tell whether they are affected?

18.06 / 25
Affected
An affected entry naming both a vendor and a product; one side missing or 'n/a' earns half.
100% · 10.0/10
Versions
An affected entry stating versions, as a version or a bound; a defaultStatus alone earns half.
100% · 8.0/8
Cpe
A CPE on an affected entry, or a cpeApplicability block.
1% · 0.06/7

Assess: can a reader tell how bad it is?

18.31 / 25
Severity
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.
91% · 13.63/15
Modern severity
A CVSS v4 vector or an SSVC decision.
6% · 0.32/5
Impacts
An impacts entry (a CAPEC identifier or an impact description).
87% · 4.36/5

Act: can a reader tell what to do about it?

7.16 / 25
References
At least one reference.
100% · 7.0/7
Reference tags
At least one reference carrying tags.
1% · 0.06/5
Remediation
A reference tagged 'patch'; one tagged 'vendor-advisory', 'mitigation' or 'release-notes' earns 0.6.
1% · 0.06/8
Solutions
A solution or a workaround.
1% · 0.04/5
Context, not score
Severity supplied by an ADP
9% (23 records)
Weakness supplied by an ADP
38% (95 records)
No severity statement
9%
Descriptions under 100 characters
0%
Known exploited
1
Reservation to publication
median 54.0 days · p90 98.8 days
Rejected records
0
Score per publication year
2016: 21.25 (8 records) 2017: 40.88 (49 records) 2018: 41.57 (35 records) 2019: 40.74 (32 records) 2020: 38.93 (64 records) 2021: 38.71 (87 records) 2022: 36.33 (98 records) 2023: 41.83 (80 records) 2024: 53.83 (90 records) 2025: 58.54 (66 records) 2026: 64.18 (277 records)
202664.18277
202558.5466
202453.8390
202341.8380
202236.3398
202138.7187
202038.9364
201940.7432
201841.5735
201740.8849
201621.258
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