Google Chrome, the most popular browser, has 1,582 CVE entries, Firefox 1,633, while Opera (an underrated browser featuring the same core technologies as Chrome) has 349. While the language used there may sound like gibberish to non-programmers, the number of vulnerabilities reported and their resolution progress offers reliable information about the current status of the web browser.Īpple's Safari Web browser, for example, has a total of 922 CVE entries, which means the default browser of the macOS operating system has had this many security bugs of varying severity. It's not a place every internet user will visit every day, but the common vulnerabilities and exposures (CVE) database is something that needs to be checked from time to time. Click to Reveal Coupon Web Browser Security Vulnerabilities by the Numbers