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Abbreviation(s) and Synonym(s):

CVSS

CNSSI 4009-2015

NIST SP 800-115

NIST SP 800-117

NIST SP 800-126 Rev. 1

NIST SP 800-126 Rev. 2

NIST SP 800-126 Rev. 3

NIST SP 800-128

NIST SP 800-137

NIST SP 800-150

NIST SP 800-190

NIST SP 800-203

NIST SP 800-40 Rev. 3

NIST SP 800-53 Rev. 5

NIST SP 800-70 Rev. 2

NIST SP 800-70 Rev. 4

NISTIR 8246

Definition(s):

A system for measuring the relative severity of software flaw vulnerabilities.
Source(s):
CNSSI 4009-2015 from NIST SP 800-126 Rev. 2

An SCAP specification for communicating the characteristics of vulnerabilities and measuring their relative severity.
Source(s):
NIST SP 800-128 under Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
NIST SP 800-128

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