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PUBLICATIONS

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 -
NIST Pub Series
ITL Bulletin
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Keywords

Common Vulnerability Scoring System Version 2.0, CVSS v2.0, National Vulnerability Database, NVD, security metrics, vulnerabilities, vulnerability scoring
Public safety and Cybersecurity and privacy

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 October 28, 2025)

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Created July 9, 2014, Updated October 12, 2021
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