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Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures

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An SCAP specification that provides unique, common names for publicly known information system vulnerabilities.

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NISTIR 7298: Glossary of Key Information Security Terms, Revision 22 sensesview framework →
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A dictionary of common names for publicly known information system vulnerabilities.
§2 · sense_2_pending_review
An SCAP specification that provides unique, common names for publicly known information system vulnerabilities.
CNSSI-4009 (Glossary of Information Assurance Terms)1 senseview framework →
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A dictionary of common names for publicly known information system vulnerabilities.
NIST SP 800-1281 senseview framework →
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An SCAP specification that provides unique, common names for publicly known information system vulnerabilities.
NIST SP 800-511 senseview framework →
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A dictionary of common names for publicly known information system vulnerabilities.
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · acronym list
CVE: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures
Attribution from the CKI glossary mapping stage (acronym list)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
An SCAP specification that provides unique, common names for publicly known information system vulnerabilities.
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column