Study Finds Most Software Vulnerabilities Have Patches Within One Day

1 - Study Finds Most Software Vulnerabilities Have Patches Within One Day

Although the total number of vulnerabilities continues to rise, new research finds that most are not zero-day risks.

More than 16,000 Vulnerabilities Reported in 2015

2 - More than 16,000 Vulnerabilities Reported in 2015

Across the 1,484 products from 263 vendors that Secunia Research examined in 2015, there were 16,801 vulnerabilities.

3 - Most Vulnerabilities Receive Patches Quickly

According to the Vulnerability Review 2016, 84 percent of issues were patched the day the vulnerability was publicly disclosed.

4 - Browser Vulnerabilities Continue to Rise

Across the top five Web browsers—Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera and Safari–1,114 vulnerabilities were discovered in 2015.

5 - Zero-Day Growth Is Flat

There were 25 zero-day flaws reported across the products that the Flexera report covers, the same number as last year.

6 - Unpatched Vulnerabilities in PDF Readers Persist

The Adobe Reader PDF application is the most popular PDF reader on the market and also had the most vulnerabilities in 2015: 133.

7 - Windows 10 Already a Target

In its first year of release, Windows 10 had 256 reported vulnerabilities. In contrast, Windows 8 had 466 vulnerabilities reported in 2015.

8 - Top Attack Vector Is Remote

Across all the vulnerabilities analyzed in the Flexera report, 57 percent were remotely exploitable by attackers.

Sean Michael Kerner is an Internet consultant, strategist, and writer for several leading IT business web sites.