Annual recap
App security · 2021
2021 recap indexed by Appaloosa Scout: 1,526 CVEs published during the year on tracked apps, 57 added to the CISA KEV catalog (exploited in the wild), 7 apps affected by at least one KEV.
- CVE indexed this year
- 1,526
- CISA KEV added
- 57
- Tracked apps affected
- 7
Severity distribution
CRITICAL
143
HIGH
1,142
MEDIUM
238
LOW
3
Top 10 KEVs of the year
Sorted by CVSS severity. “Apps” counts tracked catalog apps: many KEVs are OS-level and legitimately show 0.
| CVE | Severity | Apps | Added to KEV | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
CVE-2021-44228
1 apps
|
CRITICAL 10.0 | 1 | 2021-12-10 | Apache Log4j2 2.0-beta9 through 2.15.0 (excluding security releases 2.12.2, 2.12.3, and 2.3.1) JNDI features used in configuration, log mes… |
|
CVE-2020-1350
0 apps
|
CRITICAL 10.0 | 0 | 2021-11-03 | Windows DNS Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability |
|
CVE-2020-1472
0 apps
|
CRITICAL 10.0 | 0 | 2021-11-03 | Netlogon Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability |
|
CVE-2019-0708
0 apps
|
CRITICAL 9.8 | 0 | 2021-11-03 | Remote Desktop Services Remote Code Execution Vulnerability |
|
CVE-2019-5544
0 apps
|
CRITICAL 9.8 | 0 | 2021-11-03 | Microsoft Security Update Guide entry — NVD enrichira. |
|
CVE-2021-38647
0 apps
|
CRITICAL 9.8 | 0 | 2021-11-03 | Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) Remote Code Execution Vulnerability |
|
CVE-2020-15999
2 apps
|
CRITICAL 9.6 | 2 | 2021-11-03 | Heap buffer overflow in Freetype in Google Chrome prior to 86.0.4240.111 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption v… |
|
CVE-2021-30633
2 apps
|
CRITICAL 9.6 | 2 | 2021-11-03 | Use after free in Indexed DB API in Google Chrome prior to 93.0.4577.82 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process … |
|
CVE-2021-37973
2 apps
|
CRITICAL 9.6 | 2 | 2021-11-03 | Use after free in Portals in Google Chrome prior to 94.0.4606.61 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to pote… |
|
CVE-2021-26855
0 apps
|
CRITICAL 9.1 | 0 | 2021-11-03 | Microsoft Exchange Server Remote Code Execution Vulnerability |
Top vendors by KEV this year
- 1 Google LLC 18 KEV · 1 apps
- 2 Microsoft Corporation 6 KEV · 4 apps
- 3 Microsoft 5 KEV · 1 apps
- 4 Microsoft Office 4 KEV · 1 apps
- 5 Mozilla 3 KEV · 2 apps
- 6 Apple Distribution International 1 KEV · 1 apps
Most affected apps
Google Chrome
winget:Google.Chrome
No open vuln.
Chrome
com.google.Chrome
No open vuln.
Office
winget:Microsoft.Office
No open vuln.
Microsoft Office
brew:cask:microsoft-office
No open vuln.
Mozilla Thunderbird
winget:Mozilla.Thunderbird
No open vuln.
Mozilla Firefox
winget:Mozilla.Firefox
No open vuln.
Microsoft Edge
winget:Microsoft.Edge
No open vuln.
Microsoft Word
com.microsoft.Word
No open vuln.
Microsoft Outlook
com.microsoft.Outlook
No open vuln.
Microsoft Excel
com.microsoft.Excel
No open vuln.
Methodology
KEV: added to the CISA catalog during the year (kev_added_date). CVE: NVD publication date. Apps: those indexed in Scout at query time; the history evolves as new mappings are added.