The whole problem is that at some point people started seeing CVEs as an achievement, as "if I get a CVE it means I found a REAL VULN". While really CVEs should just be seen as an identifier. It means multiple people talking about the same vuln know they're talking about the same vuln. It means if you read an advisory about CVE-xxx-yyy you can ask the vendor of your software if they already have a patch for that.
It simply says nothing about whether a vuln is real, relevant or significant.
This is also annoying because if you ask for a CVE you can get placed in the bucket with people who are just looking for a thing they can talk about, when in fact you’d like to make the bug searchable to other people.
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The whole problem is that at some point people started seeing CVEs as an achievement, as "if I get a CVE it means I found a REAL VULN". While really CVEs should just be seen as an identifier. It means multiple people talking about the same vuln know they're talking about the same vuln. It means if you read an advisory about CVE-xxx-yyy you can ask the vendor of your software if they already have a patch for that.
It simply says nothing about whether a vuln is real, relevant or significant.
This is also annoying because if you ask for a CVE you can get placed in the bucket with people who are just looking for a thing they can talk about, when in fact you’d like to make the bug searchable to other people.