Acronym · Safety & Security
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System)
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS): an open method for rating the severity of a security vulnerability from 0 to 10, based on how it can be exploited and what an attacker gains.
Product security teams use the score, together with their own context, to set the priority of fixes and advisories.
- Also known as
- Common Vulnerability Scoring System
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- Acronym
- Domain
- Safety & Security, Vulnerability management
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