Vulnerabilities Glossary
Browse 12 vulnerabilities terms defined in plain English, from the cultural dictionary of computing.
12 Vulnerabilities Terms
- Advisory
- A published notice about a security issue, vulnerability, risk, or recommended action, often issued by a vendor, CERT, or research group. Advisories help...
- Code Vulnerability
- A weakness in source code or compiled program logic that can be exploited to violate confidentiality, integrity, or availability. Code vulnerabilities may stem...
- CVE Database
- A database or feed of Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures records used to track publicly identified software vulnerabilities. Teams use CVE databases for...
- Heap Overflow
- A memory corruption bug where data written to heap-allocated memory exceeds the intended bounds and overwrites adjacent objects or allocator state. Heap...
- Heart Bleed
- A common misspelling or informal reference to Heartbleed, the critical 2014 OpenSSL vulnerability that allowed attackers to read unintended portions of server...
- IoT Vulnerability
- A weakness in an internet-connected device, its firmware, cloud backend, or mobile app that can be exploited for unauthorized access, surveillance, disruption,...
- Known Vulnerability
- A software or system weakness that has already been publicly or privately identified, documented, or tracked. Known vulnerabilities are especially important...
- Protocol Vulnerability
- A weakness in a protocol's design or implementation that can be exploited to bypass trust, leak data, disrupt service, or manipulate communications. Protocol...
- Public Vulnerability
- A vulnerability that has been disclosed publicly through an advisory, CVE, research post, or exploit release. Public vulnerabilities often draw immediate...
- Vulnerability Fix
- A change that removes or mitigates a specific vulnerability in software or infrastructure. In security operations, vulnerability fixes need clear mapping to...
- Vulnerability Patch
- A patch issued to correct a known vulnerability or reduce the risk from it. In practical security work, vulnerability patches are judged not only by technical...
- Zero-Day Patch
- A patch released in response to a zero-day vulnerability, often under urgent conditions because active exploitation is possible or already happening. The term...
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