vulnerability; weakness; fragility
General noun for the state of being easily damaged, attacked, or hurt. Used for physical objects, systems, organizations, and people.
The vulnerability of this system was pointed out.
高齢者の脆弱性を考慮した政策が必要だ。
Policies that consider the vulnerability of the elderly are necessary.
Computing term for a flaw or weakness in software, hardware, or a network that can be exploited.
その脆弱性を修正するパッチがリリースされた。
A patch to fix that vulnerability was released.