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aaronbrethorst • today at 2:38 AM • 4 replies • view on HN

We should start naming them like hurricanes: NIST creates a list of alphabetical names and assigns any CVE >= 9.0 with a name. Vulnerability Alex (CVE 9.4)


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ks2048 • today at 2:58 AM

Vulnerability Zzyzx in a week

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cowlevel • today at 5:52 AM

CVE scores are already inflated because it looks good for their discoverers.

duxup • today at 5:10 AM

"Oh man, Jan really ruined my weekend."

I actually kinda like how that works.

my-huge-pony • today at 7:22 AM

CVSS is a terrible proxy for vulnerability real world impact. Not to mention, that CVE with CVSS 10.0 in Bob's Flower Names library with 5 users is probably not that important.