May 2008
388 CVEs published, −15% on April 2008 and −33% on May 2007. CISA added 0 to KEV.
2008 month by month
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | January 2008: 502 CVEs | February 2008: 539 CVEs | March 2008: 522 CVEs | April 2008: 459 CVEs | May 2008: 388 CVEs | June 2008: 438 CVEs | July 2008: 522 CVEs | August 2008: 374 CVEs | September 2008: 455 CVEs | October 2008: 543 CVEs | November 2008: 433 CVEs | December 2008: 530 CVEs | 5,705−22% |
- Critical
- 5213% of the 386 with a CVSS score
- Added to CISA KEV
- 0None of this month's own CVEs is in KEV yet
- Vendors
- 259363 products
- Top weakness
- SQL InjectionCWE-89 · 85 CVEs
Who drove it
Vendors by distinct CVEs this month, with how many of those CVEs are now in CISA KEV and how far each moved in the ranking.
- 1CiscoUnified Communications Manager, Service Control Engine, Unified Presence182nonenew
- 2MaianscriptworldMaian Greeting, Maian Music, Maian Search140nonenew
- 3Red HatRed Hat Enterprise Linux, Enterprise Linux, Enterprise Linux Desktop121nonenew
- 4MicrosoftOffice, Forefront Security For Sharepoint, Antigen For Exchange105nonenew
- 5CanonicalUbuntu Linux92nonenew
- 6LinuxLinux Kernel80nonenew
- 7SunSolaris, Sunos, Java System Web Server81nonenew
- 8DebianDebian Linux71nonenew
- 9TYPO3Air Filemanager, Sr Feuser Register Extension, Kj Imagelightbox271nonenew
- 10Gentoo Foundation Inc.Gentoo Linux61nonenew
- 11IBMLotus Domino, Lotus Domino Web Server, Lotus Quickr62nonenew
- 12SymantecAltiris Deployment Solution60nonenew
- 13PHPPHP54nonenew
- 14AspindirAngelo-emlak, Meto Forum, Philboard40nonenew
- 15CpanelCpanel40nonenew
- 16GnuGnutls, Emacs, Xemacs42nonenew
- 17HPHp-ux, Ldap-ux, Software Update40nonenew
- 18MozillaBugzilla, Firefox40nonenew
- 19WordPressWordPress, Upload File Plugin41nonenew
- 20Xiph.orgLibvorbis41nonenew
- 21Сообщество Свободного Программного ОбеспеченияDebian Gnu/linux43nonenew
- 22BadongoCampus Bulletin Board, Phpfix30nonenew
- 23FedoraprojectFedora32nonenew
- 24Icon-labsIconfidant Ssh30nonenew
- 25InmediasStatistics, Questionaire30nonenew
Severity
How this month's CVEs score on CVSS; 2 have no score yet. Severity is not exploitation.
- Critical52
- High159
- Medium166
- Low9
Breakouts
Vendors with at least three times their own 12-month median.
New in the top 100
Not in the top 100 in any of the 24 months before.
What kind of weakness
Weakness classes (CWE) by distinct CVEs, with how far each moved in the ranking.
- CWE-89SQL Injection85
- CWE-79XSS76
- CWE-119Memory Buffer Bounds31
- CWE-26429
- CWE-94Code Injection29
- CWE-20Improper Input Validation27
- CWE-22Path Traversal22
- CWE-39919
- CWE-1898
- CWE-287Improper Authentication6
- CWE-200Information Exposure5
- CWE-2554
- CWE-352CSRF4
- CWE-163
- CWE-362Race Condition3
- CWE-593
- CWE-3102
- CWE-120Buffer Overflow1
- CWE-131Incorrect Buffer Size1
- CWE-269Improper Privilege Mgmt1
Where it landed
The month's CVEs by the sector of the software they affect. A CVE that touches several sectors counts in each.
- Web & CMS Plugins12231% of sector-tagged CVEs
- Operating Systems6115% of sector-tagged CVEs
- Networking Infrastructure369% of sector-tagged CVEs
- Enterprise Software318% of sector-tagged CVEs
- OSS Libraries256% of sector-tagged CVEs
- Consumer Software195% of sector-tagged CVEs
- 8 smaller sectors44
- Not yet classified59
Which weakness, where
The top weakness classes against the vendors and the sectors that carried them.
The lighter the cell, the more CVEs. Point at one to read it.
| By vendor | 89SQL Injection | 79XSS | 119Memory Buffer Bounds | 264 | 94Code Injection | 20Improper Input Validation | 22Path Traversal | 399 | 189 | 287Improper Authentication |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco | 1 | 9 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Maianscriptworld | 3 | 11 | ||||||||
| Microsoft | 3 | 3 | ||||||||
| Canonical | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||
| Linux | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||||||
| Sun | 1 | 1 | ||||||||
| Debian | 1 | 2 | 1 | |||||||
| Red Hat | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| TYPO3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
| IBM | 2 | 2 | ||||||||
| Symantec | 1 | 4 | ||||||||
| Gentoo Foundation Inc. | 1 | 1 | 1 |