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risk.</strong> CVSS v2.0 and CVSS v3.x consist of three metric groups: Base, Temporal, and Environmental. CVSS v4.0 is a bit different and consists of Base, Threat, Environmental and Supplemental metric groups. Metrics result in a numerical score ranging from 0 to 10. A CVSS assessment is also represented as a vector string, a compressed textual representation of the values used to derive the score. Thus, CVSS is well suited as a standard measurement system for industries, organizations, and governments that need accurate and consistent vulnerability severity scores. Two common uses of CVSS are calculating the severity of vulnerabilities discovered on one's systems and as a factor in prioritization of vulnerability remediation activities. The National Vulnerability Database (NVD) provides CVSS enrichment for all published CVE records. </p> <p> The NVD supports Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) v2.0, v3.x and v4.0 standards. However, per the <a href="/general/news/retire-cvss-v2">NVD CVSS v2.0 Retirement</a> announcement, we no longer provide CVSS v2.0 assessments for newly published CVE records. The NVD provides CVSS assessments of Base metrics the innate characteristics of each vulnerability. The NVD does not currently provide assessments for Temporal or Threat metrics (metrics that change over time due to events external to the vulnerability), Environmental metrics (metrics customized to reflect the impact of the vulnerability to a particular organization) or Supplemental metrics (metrics used to provide additional context). However, the NVD does supply a CVSS calculator for each version of CVSS to allow users to assess non-Base metrics. </p> <p> The CVSS specifications are owned and managed by FIRST.Org, Inc. (FIRST), a US-based non-profit organization, whose mission is to help computer security incident response teams across the world. The official CVSS documentation can be found at <a href="https://www.first.org/cvss/" class="external">https://www.first.org/cvss/</a>. </p> <h2>NVD CVSS Calculators</h2> <table class="table"> <tbody> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="border: none; font-size:initial;"> <p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="/vuln-metrics/cvss/v2-calculator">NVD CVSS v2.0 Calculator</a> </p> </th> <th colspan="2" style="border: none; font-size:initial;"> <p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="/vuln-metrics/cvss/v3-calculator">NVD CVSS v3.x Calculator</a> </p> </th> <th colspan="2" style="border: none; font-size:initial;"> <p style="text-align: center;"> <a href="/vuln-metrics/cvss/v4-calculator">NVD CVSS v4.0 Calculator</a> </p> </th> </tr> </tbody> </table> <h2>Qualitative Severity Ratings</h2> <table class="table table-condensed"> <tbody> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="border: none; font-size:initial;"> <p style="text-align: center;">CVSS v2.0 Ratings</p> </th> <th colspan="2" style="border: none; font-size:initial;"> <p style="text-align: center;">CVSS v3.x Ratings</p> </th> <th colspan="2" style="border: none; font-size:initial;"> <p style="text-align: center;">CVSS v4.0 Ratings</p> </th> </tr> <tr> <th style="border: none;"> <p>Severity</p> </th> <th style="border: none;"> <p style="text-align: center;">Severity Score Range</p> </th> <th style="border: none;"> <p>Severity</p> </th> <th style="border: none;"> <p style="text-align: center;">Severity Score Range</p> </th> <th style="border: none;"> <p>Severity</p> </th> <th style="border: none;"> <p style="text-align: center;">Severity Score Range</p> </th> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>None*</td> <td style="text-align: center;">0.0</td> <td>None*</td> <td style="text-align: center;">0.0</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Low</td> <td style="text-align: center;">0.0-3.9</td> <td>Low</td> <td style="text-align: center;">0.1-3.9</td> <td>Low</td> <td style="text-align: center;">0.1-3.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Medium</td> <td style="text-align: center;">4.0-6.9</td> <td>Medium</td> <td style="text-align: center;">4.0-6.9</td> <td>Medium</td> <td style="text-align: center;">4.0-6.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td>High</td> <td style="text-align: center;">7.0-10.0</td> <td>High</td> <td style="text-align: center;">7.0-8.9</td> <td>High</td> <td style="text-align: center;">7.0-8.9</td> </tr> <tr> <td></td> <td></td> <td>Critical</td> <td style="text-align: center;">9.0-10.0</td> <td>Critical</td> <td style="text-align: center;">9.0-10.0</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p> The NVD notates qualitative severity ratings of "Low", "Medium", and "High" for CVSS v2.0 base score ranges in addition to the qualitative severity ratings for CVSS v3.x and CVSS v4.0 as they are defined in their respective specifications. </p> <p> <i> *Note: The CVSS specification allows for the application of vector strings that result in a 0.0 severity score. However, NVD enrichment does not assess CVSS vector strings that have no impacts. Per the CVE Program's <a href="https://www.cve.org/ResourcesSupport/Glossary#">definition of a vulnerability</a>, there should not be a CVE record counted that does not cause an impact to confidentiality, integrity, or availability. </i> </p> <h2>NVD Specific CVSS Information</h2> <h3>Incomplete Data</h3> <p> With some vulnerabilities, all of the information needed to assess CVSS vector strings may not be available. This typically happens when a vendor or maintainer announces a vulnerability but declines to provide certain details. In such situations, NVD enrichment efforts will assign CVSS metric values using a worst case scenario approach. Thus, if a published vulnerability provides no details about the vulnerability, NVD enrichment efforts will assess that vulnerability as a 10.0 (the highest rating). </p> <h3>Collaboration with Industry</h3> <p> NVD staff are willing to work with the security community regarding CVSS assessment results. If you wish to contribute additional information or request amendments regarding NVD assessed CVSS vector strings, please send email to <a href="mailto:nvd@nist.gov">nvd@nist.gov</a>. We actively work with users that provide us feedback. </p> <h3>Legacy CVSS Information</h3> <p> As of July 13th, 2022, the NVD no longer generates Vector Strings, Qualitative Severity Ratings, or Severity Scores for CVSS v2.0. Existing CVSS v2.0 information will remain in the database but the NVD will no longer actively populate CVSS v2.0 vector strings for new CVEs. This change comes as CISA policies that rely on NVD data fully transition away from CVSS v2.0. NVD enrichment efforts will continue to use the reference information provided with the CVE and any publicly available information at the time of enrichment to associate Reference Tags, CVSS v3.1, CWE, and CPE Applicability statements. </p> <p> The NVD began supporting the CVSS v3.1 guidance on September 10th, 2019. The NVD will not be offering CVSS v3.0 and v3.1 vector strings for the same CVE. All new and additional CVE assessments will be done using the CVSS v3.1 guidance. </p> <p> Vector strings for the CVE vulnerabilities published between to 11/10/2005 and 11/30/2006 have been upgraded from CVSS version 1.0 data. CVSS v1.0 metrics did not contain the granularity of CVSS v2.0 and so they are marked as "Version 2.0 upgrade from v1.0" within NVD. While these are approximations, they are expected to be reasonably accurate CVSS v2.0 representations. </p> <p> Vector strings provided for the 13,000 CVE vulnerabilities published prior to 11/9/2005 are approximated from only partially available CVSS metric data. 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