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lmkg on Jan 8, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Security vulnerabilities fixed in Firefox 72.0.1 a...

CVE numbers can be reserved in blocks. Don't know if Mozilla does that, but if so, a new vulnerability could get an older-looking number.

looperhacks on Jan 8, 2020 [–]

So you could still use older years numbers?

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