[BreachExchange] Over 22, 000 Vulnerabilities Disclosed in 2019: Report

[Destry Winant]

https://www.securityweek.com/over-22000-vulnerabilities-disclosed-2019-report

More than 22,000 vulnerabilities were disclosed in 2019 and over
one-third had an exploit or a proof-of-concept (PoC) available, Risk
Based Security revealed on Tuesday.

The company’s 2019 Year End Vulnerability QuickView Report shows that
of the 22,316 new security holes 33% were rated high severity based on
their CVSS score. The total number of vulnerabilities was slightly
smaller compared to 2018 (23,210 vulnerabilities) and roughly the same
as in 2017.

It’s worth noting that thousands of vulnerabilities disclosed last
year have not been assigned CVE identifiers.

The vendors with the most disclosed vulnerabilities include Oracle,
IBM, Google, Microsoft, Dell and Cisco. Some Linux distributions and
open source software are also in the top 10.

A majority of vulnerabilities are disclosed on Patch Tuesday, when
major vendors such as Adobe, Microsoft, Siemens and SAP release
security updates for their products. The Patch Tuesday updates for
August 2019 patched 327 flaws — more than on any other day — with 62%
of them coming from Microsoft and Adobe.

According to Risk Based Security, 302 vulnerabilities affecting
electronic voting machines (EVM) were disclosed last year and 289 of
them have not been patched.

“Only 13 EVM vulnerabilities have a known solution. To make matters
worse, of those, only one has a CVE ID assigned and can be found
cataloged in the U.S. National Vulnerability Database” commented Brian
Martin, VP of vulnerability intelligence at Risk Based Security. “EVMs
with vulnerabilities have been used in past elections, and will no
doubt be used again in our next elections. It doesn’t matter what
politics or beliefs you subscribe to; the essence of democracy is a
free, fair and secure election that captures the will of the people.
The lack of visibility on this issue should be of deep concern to
every American.”

Risk Based Security’s 2019 Year End Vulnerability QuickView Report is
available on the company’s website in PDF format.