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Release of NIST Interagency Report 7946, CVSS Implementation Guidance

Published

Author(s)

Harold Booth, Joshua M. Franklin, Larry Feldman, Greg Witte

Abstract

The Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) is an open standard designed to convey severity and risk of information system vulnerabilities. CVSS was commissioned by the National Infrastructure Advisory Council (NIAC) in support of the global Vulnerability Disclosure Framework. It is currently maintained by Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams (FIRST).
Citation
ITL Bulletin -

Keywords

Common Vulnerability Scoring System Version 2.0, CVSS v2.0, National Vulnerability Database, NVD, security metrics, vulnerabilities, vulnerability scoring

Citation

Booth, H. , Franklin, J. , Feldman, L. and Witte, G. (2014), Release of NIST Interagency Report 7946, CVSS Implementation Guidance, ITL Bulletin, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=916242 (Accessed March 29, 2024)
Created July 9, 2014, Updated October 12, 2021