Buffer Flaws & Cross-Site Scripting Named Most Dangerous Software Errors
Buffer Flaws & Cross-Site Scripting Named Most Dangerous Software Errors MITRE recently published the 2019 Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Errors, naming buffer flaws and cross-site scripting as the top software errors which according to the organization could lead to serious vulnerabilities in software. MITRE based its CWE Top 25 Most Dangerous Software Errorson Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)and National Vulnerability Database (NVD)data. MITRE is the organization that started the CVE list. Publicly disclosed software security vulnerabilities are given a corresponding CVE identification number for future reference. NVD, which is managed by the U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), obtains data from CVE such that any updates to CVE appear immediately on the NVD. The NVD supplements CVE data with additional analysis and data…