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Canonical » Ubuntu Linux : Vulnerability Statistics

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Vulnerability Feeds & Widgets

Vulnerability Trends Over Time

Year # of Vulnerabilities DoS Code Execution Overflow Memory Corruption Sql Injection XSS Directory Traversal Http Response Splitting Bypass something Gain Information Gain Privileges CSRF File Inclusion # of exploits
2005 10 4 4 3 4
2006 19 8 5 4 1 1 3 1 2
2007 43 11 15 15 1 3 1 1 4 4 1
2008 65 31 21 19 11 6 2 12 4 4
2009 43 22 5 5 3 4 7 7 3
2010 95 60 30 26 13 1 1 7 15 5 4
2011 38 22 10 9 2 1 2 4 3 1 3
2012 115 62 59 30 40 10 1 7 7 2 1 1
2013 190 69 57 31 19 1 3 1 20 16 8 1
2014 246 118 47 35 14 1 4 29 26 11 1 7
2015 342 179 58 102 23 3 4 2 20 27 16
2016 333 186 48 83 19 1 4 19 34 18 2 1
2017 240 109 25 42 7 1 4 8 12 11
2018 877 233 89 182 57 2 11 6 32 51 7 3
2019 686 132 50 94 16 6 11 28 25 1
2020 560 86 44 82 26 1 7 5 1 24 13 1 1
2021 25 1 4 1 3 3 2
2022 28 5 4 2 2 1 3
2023 5 1 1 1
Total 3960 1339 576 766 252 6 57 44 4 221 249 105 9 21
% Of All 33.8 14.5 19.3 6.4 0.2 1.4 1.1 0.1 5.6 6.3 2.7 0.2 0.0

Warning : Vulnerabilities with publish dates before 1999 are not included in this table and chart. (Because there are not many of them and they make the page look bad; and they may not be actually published in those years.)

Vulnerabilities By Year
10
 19
 43
 65
 43
 95
 38
 115
 190
 246
 342
 333
 240
 877
 686
 560
 25
 28
 5
   2005 10
2006 19
2007 43
2008 65
2009 43
2010 95
2011 38
2012 115
2013 190
2014 246
2015 342
2016 333
2017 240
2018 877
2019 686
2020 560
2021 25
2022 28
2023 5
Vulnerabilities By Type
1339
 576
 766
 221
 252
 6
 57
 105
 44
 249
 9
 4
   Denial of Service 1339
Execute Code 576
Overflow 766
Bypass Something 221
Memory Corruption 252
Sql Injection 6
XSS 57
Gain Privilege 105
Directory Traversal 44
Gain Information 249
CSRF 9
Http Response Splitting 4

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This page lists vulnerability statistics for all versions of Canonical Ubuntu Linux. Vulnerability statistics provide a quick overview for security vulnerabilities of this software. You can view versions of this product or security vulnerabilities related to Canonical Ubuntu Linux.

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