The number of disclosed vulnerabilities increases dramatically year-over-year.
This page provides various insights on the vulnerabilities in the years 2000-2024.
Source: Alexandre Dulaunoy, Flickr
27x more vulnerabilities in 2022 vs. 2000
Annual Vulnerability Summary
| Year | Total no. of CVEs | Highest CVE Numbers |
| 2000 | 1243 | CVE-2000-1254 |
| 2001 | 1573 | CVE-2001-1594 |
| 2002 | 2436 | CVE-2002-20001 |
| 2003 | 1603 | CVE-2003-5003 |
| 2004 | 2779 | CVE-2004-9999 |
| 2005 | 4901 | CVE-2005-10002 |
| 2006 | 7256 | CVE-2006-20001 |
| 2007 | 6767 | CVE-2007-20001 |
| 2008 | 7325 | CVE-2008-10004 |
| 2009 | 5164 | CVE-2009-20001 |
| 2010 | 5350 | CVE-2010-10010 |
| 2011 | 5340 | CVE-2011-10004 |
| 2012 | 6738 | CVE-2012-20001 |
| 2013 | 7525 | CVE-2013-20004 |
| 2014 | 10559 | CVE-2014-1000000 |
| 2015 | 9702 | CVE-2015-1142857 |
| 2016 | 11364 | CVE-2016-1000393 |
| 2017 | 19572 | CVE-2017-1002201 |
| 2018 | 21924 | CVE-2018-1999047 |
| 2019 | 21561 | CVE-2019-1020019 |
| 2020 | 31337 | CVE-2020-36767 |
| 2021 | 30719 | CVE-2021-46898 |
| 2022 | 33470 | CVE-2022-48613 |
| 2023 | 35493 *** Not Final! *** | CVE-2023-49298 *** Not Final! *** |
| 2024 | *** Coming Soon! *** | *** Coming Soon! *** |