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Heartbleed Revisited: Is it just a Buffer Over-Read?

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Author(s)

Irena Bojanova, Carlos Eduardo Cardoso Galhardo

Abstract

In this work, we examine in detail the weaknesses underlying the Heartbleed vulnerability and show how it may lead to private information exposure.
Citation
IEEE IT Professional
Volume
25
Issue
2
Pub Type
Journals

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https://doi.org/10.1109/MITP.2023.3259119
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Keywords

Heartbleed, Bug, Fault, Weakness, Vulnerability, Failure
Information technology

Citation

Bojanova, I. and Cardoso Galhardo, C. (2023), Heartbleed Revisited: Is it just a Buffer Over-Read?, IEEE IT Professional, [online], https://doi.org/10.1109/MITP.2023.3259119, https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=936519 (Accessed October 11, 2025)

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Created April 1, 2023, Updated May 24, 2023
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