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CVE

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

abbreviationCommon term

In software engineering, CVE means: Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: a public catalogue that gives each publicly known vulnerability a unique ID, such as CVE-2021-44228.

In Turkish: CVE, CVE kaydı

How it is used

Said letter by letter. The ID itself works as a name: 'Are we affected by CVE-2021-44228?' It shows the year and a sequence number. Vendors, scanners and advisories all refer to CVEs, so that everyone talks about the same flaw.

Example sentences

  1. Can you check whether any of our servers are affected by the new CVE?

  2. The advisory lists four CVEs, two of them rated critical.

Common collocations

  • CVE ID
  • assign a CVE
  • affected by a CVE
  • CVE entry
  • vulnerabilityA weakness in software, hardware, a configuration or a process that an attacker could use to cause harm or to gain access they should not have.
  • CVSSCommon Vulnerability Scoring System: a standard method for rating how severe a vulnerability is, with a score from 0.0 to 10.0.
  • patchA small update that fixes bugs or security problems in software without adding big new features. It is also a verb: to patch a system.
  • zero-dayA vulnerability that is unknown to the vendor or has no patch yet, so defenders have had 'zero days' to fix it when it is first exploited.

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