diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-db-native.bb b/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-db-native.bb
index 0cd3a1c153..9e8e006a32 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-db-native.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/meta/cve-update-db-native.bb
@@ -166,7 +166,12 @@ def parse_node_and_insert(c, node, cveId):
                     op_end = '<'
                     v_end = cpe['versionEndExcluding']
 
-                yield [cveId, vendor, product, v_start, op_start, v_end, op_end]
+                if op_start or op_end or v_start or v_end:
+                    yield [cveId, vendor, product, v_start, op_start, v_end, op_end]
+                else:
+                    # This is no version information, expressed differently.
+                    # Save processing by representing as -.
+                    yield [cveId, vendor, product, '-', '', '', '']
 
     c.executemany("insert into PRODUCTS values (?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?)", cpe_generator())