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		fixermark on April 9, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Heartbleed Request for clarification from those who understand the bug's workings: The memory it can expose is limited to that visible to the process using openssl, right? Or does the bug reside low enough in the kernal stack to disregard memory protections?

mattgreenrocks on April 9, 2014 [–]

> The memory it can expose is limited to that visible to the process using openssl, right

Yes. Only that process.

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