Mission and Overview
NVD is the U.S. government repository of standards based vulnerability management data. This data enables automation of vulnerability management, security measurement, and compliance (e.g. FISMA).
Resource Status
NVD contains:
CVE Vulnerabilities
56411
Checklists
224
US-CERT Alerts
246
US-CERT Vuln Notes
2721
OVAL Queries
8140
CPE Names
73033

Last updated: Wed May 22 21:06:28 EDT 2013

CVE Publication rate: 12.1

Email List

NVD provides four mailing lists to the public. For information and subscription instructions please visit NVD Mailing Lists

Workload Index

Vulnerability Workload Index: 6.38

About Us
NVD is a product of the NIST Computer Security Division and is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security's National Cyber Security Division. It supports the U.S. government multi-agency (OSD, DHS, NSA, DISA, and NIST) Information Security Automation Program. It is the U.S. government content repository for the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP).

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Total Matches By Year
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Year # of Vulns % of Total
1988 2 100.00
1989 3 100.00
1990 11 100.00
1991 15 100.00
1992 13 100.00
1993 13 100.00
1994 25 100.00
1995 25 100.00
1996 75 100.00
1997 252 100.00
1998 246 100.00
1999 894 100.00
2000 1,020 100.00
2001 1,677 100.00
2002 2,156 100.00
2003 1,527 100.00
2004 2,451 100.00
2005 4,931 100.00
2006 6,608 100.00
2007 6,514 100.00
2008 5,632 100.00
2009 5,732 100.00
2010 4,639 100.00
2011 4,150 100.00
2012 5,289 100.00
2013 1,990 100.00