Security News > 2020 > February > Over 22,000 Vulnerabilities Disclosed in 2019: Report
More than 22,000 vulnerabilities were disclosed in 2019 and over one-third had an exploit or a proof-of-concept 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.
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.
According to Risk Based Security, 302 vulnerabilities affecting electronic voting machines were disclosed last year and 289 of them have not been patched.
Risk Based Security's 2019 Year End Vulnerability QuickView Report is available on the company's website in PDF format.