⚠️ Understanding CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures)

A CVE is a publicly disclosed cybersecurity vulnerability with a unique ID, used worldwide to identify and track software flaws. CVEs help security teams, vendors, and users respond quickly to potential threats.

🧩 What Does a CVE ID Look Like?

Each CVE has a structured ID:

CVE-YYYY-NNNNN

CVE-YYYY-NNNNN

• YYYY is the year the vulnerability was disclosed
• NNNNN is a sequence number Example: CVE-2023-23397 refers to a Microsoft Outlook vulnerability that allowed privilege escalation.

🔍 How CVEs Are Discovered

1. Researchers or vendors identify a vulnerability.
2. They report it to a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA).
3. After analysis, a CVE ID is assigned and published to databases like NVD or MITRE.

🔐 Why CVEs Matter

• Enable fast security patching by IT teams
• Help in risk assessments and prioritizing fixes
• Improve transparency across open source and proprietary software

🛠 Tools That Use CVE Data

📊 Example CVE Lifecycle

You’ll see this reflected in your diagram too:

1. Vulnerability Found
2. CVE Assigned
3. Public Disclosure
4. Vendor Patch Released
5. Security Teams Apply Fix

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