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Glossary: Physical and Wireless Vectors, and Vulnerabilities

CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures)

Also written: CVE number

The public ID given to a known flaw. For example, the XZ backdoor is CVE-2024-3094 and Log4Shell is CVE-2021-44228.

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CWE (Common Weakness Enumeration)Vulnerability