Data Catalog

National Vulnerability Database

Alternate Title(s)

NVD

Description

The National Vulnerability Database (NVD) is the U.S. government repository of standards based vulnerability management data represented using the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP). This data enables automation of vulnerability management, security measurement, and compliance. The NVD includes databases of security checklist references, security related software flaws, misconfigurations, product names, and impact metrics. Originally created in 2000 (called Internet - Categorization of Attacks Toolkit or ICAT), the NVD has undergone multiple iterations and improvements and will continue to do so to deliver its services. The NVD is a product of the NIST Computer Security Division, Information Technology Laboratory and is sponsored by the Department of Homeland Security’s National Cyber Security Division. The NVD performs analysis on CVEs that have been published to the CVE Dictionary. NVD staff are tasked with analysis of CVEs by aggregating data points from the description, references supplied and any supplemental data that can be found publicly at the time. This analysis results in association impact metrics (Common Vulnerability Scoring System - CVSS), vulnerability types (Common Weakness Enumeration - CWE), and applicability statements (Common Platform Enumeration - CPE), as well as other pertinent metadata. The NVD does not actively perform vulnerability testing, relying on vendors, third party security researchers and vulnerability coordinators to provide information that is then used to assign these attributes.

Subject

Computer Science

Timeframe

2000 - Present

Access Rights

Free to all