Mac OS X and iOS are leading in the number of vulnerabilities in 2015

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According to the number of holes in security software in 2015, the first five seats are occupied by Mac OS X, iOS, Flash, Adobe Air and the AIR SDK. It became clear from the study of software vulnerability CVE Details (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), which takes into account results and closed the vulnerability.

In Mac OS X for the year it was discovered 384 vulnerabilities in iOS - 375. Browsers Internet Explorer (231), Chrome (187) and Mozilla (178) took the 9, 8 and 7 th places respectively.

The "apple" of the Safari browser counted 135 critical errors, but in the whole of the Android operating system of 130, which puts it in 20th place in the top 50 CVE Details. Compared to last year the situation has changed - the leading five were Internet Explorer, Mac OS X, Linux Kernel, Chrome and iOS. Android is not included even in the top 50.

Rating drafted without taking into account the severity of the "hole" only well-known quantity. Information taken from the database of the US National Vulnerabilities Database where compulsory register all found critical errors. After the release of patches, a detailed description of the vulnerability and ways to eliminate it are published in the public domain.

Data separately for each supplier paint a very different picture. The undisputed leader here - Microsoft with its 1561 vulnerabilities in a wide range of software products.

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