How should we interpret CVSS severity scores?

CVSS estimates technical severity, but it does not automatically equal business risk. Prioritize using context like internet exposure, asset criticality, known exploitation, and whether compensating controls exist. A Medium CVSS on an exposed production system can be more urgent than a Critical on an isolated non-production host.

Vulnerability Database

Q: What is a Vulnerability (CVE) and why does it matter?

A security vulnerability is a weakness in software, hardware, or configuration that can be exploited to compromise confidentiality, integrity, or availability. Many vulnerabilities are tracked as CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), which provide a standardized identifier so teams can coordinate patching, mitigation, and risk assessment across tools and vendors.

Q: What's the difference between a vulnerability, an exploit, and a zero-day?

A vulnerability is the underlying weakness. An exploit is the method or code used to take advantage of it. A zero-day is a vulnerability that is unknown to the vendor or has no publicly available fix when attackers begin using it. Risk increases sharply when exploitation becomes reliable or widespread.

Q: Why do vulnerabilities keep reappearing in our environment?

Recurring findings usually come from incomplete asset discovery, inconsistent patch management, inherited images, and configuration drift. In modern environments, you also need to watch the software supply chain: dependencies, containers, build pipelines, and third-party services can reintroduce the same weakness even after you patch a single host.

Q: How do we prioritize remediation without burning out the team?

Use a repeatable triage model: focus first on externally exposed assets, high-value systems (identity, VPN, email, production), vulnerabilities with known exploits, and issues that enable remote code execution or privilege escalation. Then enforce patch SLAs and track progress so remediation is steady, not reactive.

Q: How can SynScan help reduce vulnerability risk over time?

SynScan combines attack surface monitoring and continuous security auditing to keep your inventory current, flag high-impact vulnerabilities early, and help you turn raw findings into a practical remediation plan.

346,508

Total vulnerabilities in the database

Vulnerabilities for products matching "freebsd"

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freebsd / freebsd

5745 vulnerabilities found

Title	Severity	Date	Affected Version
CVE-2000-0461	Low	May 29, 2000 5/29/00	== 3.1 == 2.2.5 == 2.2.2 == 2.2.3 == 2.0.5 == 1.1.5.1 == 2.2.8 == 2.1.6.1 == 2.2 == 3.0 == 3.2 == 2.2.4 == 2.1.0 == 2.2.6 == 2.1.6 == 2.1.7.1 == 3.3 == 4.0 == 3.4 == 5.0-alpha == 5.0 == 2.1.5 == 4.0-alpha == 2.0
CVE-1999-1008	High	May 17, 2000 5/17/00	== 3.3
CVE-2000-0440	Medium	May 1, 2000 5/1/00	== 4.0 == 3.4 == 5.0
CVE-2000-0235	High	March 27, 2000 3/27/00	== 3.1 == 3.0 == 3.2 == 3.3 == 3.4
CVE-2000-0186	High	February 28, 2000 2/28/00	== 3.4
CVE-2000-0163	Low	February 21, 2000 2/21/00	== 3.1 == 3.0 == 3.2 == 3.3 == 3.4
CVE-2000-0092	Medium	January 19, 2000 1/19/00	== 3.4
CVE-1999-0964	High	January 1, 2000 1/1/00	== 2.1.6
CVE-1999-1339	Medium	December 31, 1999 12/31/99	== 3.2
CVE-1999-0001	Medium	December 30, 1999 12/30/99	== 2.2.5 == 2.2.2 == 2.1.7 == 2.2.3 == 2.0.5 == 1.1.5.1 == 2.2.8 == 1.0 == 2.1.6.1 == 2.2 == 3.0 == 1.1 == 2.2.4 == 2.2.6 == 2.1.6 == 2.1.7.1 == 2.0.1 == 1.2 == 2.1.5 == 2.0
CVE-1999-0820	Low	December 1, 1999 12/1/99	== 3.3
CVE-1999-0823	Low	December 1, 1999 12/1/99	== 3.3
CVE-1999-0826	Low	December 1, 1999 12/1/99	== 3.3
CVE-1999-0855	High	December 1, 1999 12/1/99	== 3.3
CVE-1999-0857	Low	December 1, 1999 12/1/99	== 3.3
CVE-1999-0963	High	December 1, 1999 12/1/99	== 2.2
CVE-1999-0821	Low	November 8, 1999 11/8/99	== 3.3
CVE-1999-0863	Low	November 8, 1999 11/8/99	== 3.3
CVE-1999-1517	High	November 1, 1999 11/1/99	== 3.3
CVE-1999-0912	Low	September 22, 1999 9/22/99	== 3.1 == 3.0 == 3.2
CVE-1999-0704	High	September 16, 1999 9/16/99	== 3.1 == 3.0 == 3.2
CVE-2000-0489	Low	September 5, 1999 9/5/99	== 3.1 == 3.0 == 3.2 == 3.3 == 4.0 == 3.4 == 3.5 == 5.0-alpha
CVE-1999-1564	Low	September 2, 1999 9/2/99	== 3.2
CVE-1999-0703	Low	August 3, 1999 8/3/99	== 3.2
CVE-1999-1518	Medium	July 15, 1999 7/15/99	== 3.1 == 2.2.5 == 2.2.2 == 2.2.3 == 2.0.5 == 1.1.5.1 == 2.2.8 == 3.0 == 3.2 == 2.2.4 == 2.1.0 == 2.2.6 == 2.1.6 == 2.1.7.1 == 2.1.5 == 2.0
CVE-1999-0405	High	February 18, 1999 2/18/99	== 3.1 == 2.2.5 == 2.2.2 == 2.2.3 == 2.0.5 == 2.2.8 == 3.0 == 3.2 == 2.2.4 == 2.1.0 == 2.2.6 == 2.1.6 == 2.1.7.1 == 2.1.5 == 2.0
CVE-1999-0798	High	December 4, 1998 12/4/98	== 6.2-stable
CVE-1999-0780	Low	November 18, 1998 11/18/98	== 6.2-stable
CVE-1999-0781	High	November 18, 1998 11/18/98	== 6.2-stable
CVE-1999-0782	Low	November 18, 1998 11/18/98	== 6.2-stable
CVE-1999-0057	High	November 16, 1998 11/16/98	== 6.2-stable
CVE-1999-0052	High	November 4, 1998 11/4/98	== 2.2.2 == 2.0.5 == 1.1.5.1 == 2.2.8 == 2.1.0 == 2.1.6 == 2.1.7.1 == 2.1.5 == 2.0
CVE-1999-0053	Medium	October 13, 1998 10/13/98	== 6.2-stable
CVE-1999-0783	Medium	June 16, 1998 6/16/98	== 2.2
CVE-1999-0796	High	May 1, 1998 5/1/98	== 2.2 == 2.1.0
CVE-1999-0323	High	February 20, 1998 2/20/98	== 2.2
CVE-1999-0304	High	February 1, 1998 2/1/98	== 2.2
CVE-1999-0305	Medium	February 1, 1998 2/1/98	== 2.2.5 == 2.2
CVE-1999-0513	Medium	January 5, 1998 1/5/98	== 2.2.2 == 2.2.3 == 2.0.5 == 1.1.5.1 == 2.2.4 == 2.1.0 == 2.1.6 == 2.1.7.1 == 2.1.5
CVE-1999-0017	High	December 10, 1997 12/10/97	== 2.1.7 == 1.0 == 1.1 == 2.1.0 == 1.2 == 2.0
CVE-1999-0322	Low	October 29, 1997 10/29/97	== 2.2 == 2.1.0
CVE-1999-0061	Medium	October 2, 1997 10/2/97	== 6.2-stable
CVE-1999-1214	Low	September 15, 1997 9/15/97	== 6.2-stable
CVE-1999-0074	Medium	July 1, 1997 7/1/97	== 6.2-stable
CVE-1999-0628	Medium	July 1, 1997 7/1/97	== 6.2-stable
CVE-1999-0037	High	May 21, 1997 5/21/97	== 6.2-stable
CVE-1999-1402	Low	May 17, 1997 5/17/97	== 3.1 == 2.2.5 == 2.2.2 == 2.2.3 == 2.2.8 == 3.0 == 2.2.4 == 2.2.6
CVE-1999-0040	High	May 1, 1997 5/1/97	== 1.1.5.1 == 2.0
CVE-1999-1298	High	April 7, 1997 4/7/97	== 2.1.7 == 2.2 == 2.1.0 == 2.1.6 <= 2.2.1 == 2.1.5
CVE-1999-0299	High	March 5, 1997 3/5/97	== 6.2-stable

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Vulnerability (CVE) and why does it matter?

A security vulnerability is a weakness in software, hardware, or configuration that can be exploited to compromise confidentiality, integrity, or availability. Many vulnerabilities are tracked as CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), which provide a standardized identifier so teams can coordinate patching, mitigation, and risk assessment across tools and vendors.

CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) estimates technical severity, but it doesn't automatically equal business risk. Prioritize using context like internet exposure, affected asset criticality, known exploitation (proof-of-concept or in-the-wild), and whether compensating controls exist. A "Medium" CVSS on an exposed, production system can be more urgent than a "Critical" on an isolated, non-production host.

A vulnerability is the underlying weakness. An exploit is the method or code used to take advantage of it. A zero-day is a vulnerability that is unknown to the vendor or has no publicly available fix when attackers begin using it. In practice, risk increases sharply when exploitation becomes reliable or widespread.

Recurring findings usually come from incomplete Asset Discovery, inconsistent patch management, inherited images, and configuration drift. In modern environments, you also need to watch the software supply chain: dependencies, containers, build pipelines, and third-party services can reintroduce the same weakness even after you patch a single host. Unknown or unmanaged assets (often called Shadow IT) are a common reason the same issues resurface.

Use a simple, repeatable triage model: focus first on externally exposed assets, high-value systems (identity, VPN, email, production), vulnerabilities with known exploits, and issues that enable remote code execution or privilege escalation. Then enforce patch SLAs and track progress using consistent metrics so remediation is steady, not reactive.

SynScan combines attack surface monitoring and continuous security auditing to keep your inventory current, flag high-impact vulnerabilities early, and help you turn raw findings into a practical remediation plan.