vulnerability

English

Etymology

From vulnerable +‎ -ability

Noun

vulnerability (countable and uncountable, plural vulnerabilities)

1. (uncountable) Susceptibility to attack or injury; the state or condition of being weak or poorly defended.

   The country recognized their defence vulnerability after an airplane landed in front of the central square without any consequences.

2. (countable) a specific weakness in the protections or defences surrounding someone or something.
3. (computing) a weakness which allows an attacker to reduce a system's security

Synonyms

• vulnerableness

Antonyms

• invulnerability

Related terms

• vulnerable

Translations

state of being vulnerable

• Catalan: vulnerabilitat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 脆弱性 (zh) (cuìruòxìng)

• Dutch: kwetsbaarheid (nl) f, zwakke plek f
• Finnish: haavoittuvuus (fi)
• French: vulnérabilité (fr) f
• Galician: vulnerabilidade f
• Georgian: დაუცველობა (daucveloba), მოწყვლადობა (moc̣q̇vladoba)
• German: Verwundbarkeit (de) f, Verletzbarkeit f, Verletzlichkeit f, Vulnerabilität (de) f
• Greek: ευπάθεια (el) f (efpátheia), τρωτότητα (el) f (trotótita)
• Irish: leochaileacht f
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• Italian: vulnerabilità (it) f
• Japanese: 脆弱性 (ja) (ぜいじゃくせい, zeijakusei)
• Korean: 취약성 (chwiyakseong)
• Manx: so-lhottaght f
• Persian: آسیب‌پذیری (âsib-paziri)
• Portuguese: vulnerabilidade (pt) f
• Romanian: vulnerabilitate (ro) f
• Russian: уязви́мость (ru) f (ujazvímostʹ)
• Spanish: vulnerabilidad (es) f
• Swedish: sårbarhet (sv) c

specific weakness

• Finnish: heikkous (fi)
• Galician: vulnerabilidade f
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• Greek: αδυναμία (el) f (adynamía)
• Spanish: vulnerabilidad (es) f

computing: type of weakness

• Catalan: vulnerabilitat f
• Finnish: haavoittuvuus (fi)
• French: vulnérabilité (fr) f
• Galician: vulnerabilidade f
• German: Schwachstelle (de) f, Sicherheitslücke (de) f
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• Italian: vulnerabilità (it) f
• Japanese: 脆弱性 (ja) (ぜいじゃくせい, zeijakusei)
• Portuguese: vulnerabilidade (pt) f
• Romanian: vulnerabilitate (ro) f
• Spanish: vulnerabilidade f
• Swedish: sårbarhet (sv) c

security vulnerability — see hole

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• Chinese:

  Mandarin: ^{(please verify)} 脆弱性 (zh) (cuìruòxìng)

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• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} נקודת תורפה