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Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS)

Term · Cybersecurity · MLC-T-CYB-000770

1. A system for measuring the relative severity of software flaw vulnerabilities.

2. An SCAP specification for communicating the characteristics of vulnerabilities and measuring their relative severity.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-CYB-000770
FieldCybersecurity
AbbreviationCVSS
ReferencesCNSSI 4009-2015 from NIST SP 800-126 Rev. 2; NIST SP 800-128; NIST SP 800-128; NIST CSRC Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-CYB-000770",
  "term": "Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS)",
  "field": "Cybersecurity",
  "definition": "1. A system for measuring the relative severity of software flaw vulnerabilities.\n\n2. An SCAP specification for communicating the characteristics of vulnerabilities and measuring their relative severity.",
  "abbreviation": "CVSS",
  "references": [
    "CNSSI 4009-2015 from NIST SP 800-126 Rev. 2",
    "NIST SP 800-128; NIST SP 800-128",
    "NIST CSRC Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/cybersecurity/common-vulnerability-scoring-system-cvss/"
}

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