Understanding Cisco Cybersecurity Operations Fundamentals (CBROPS) — Question 231

What is a Heartbleed vulnerability?

Answer options

• A. denial of service
• B. information disclosure
• C. buffer overflow
• D. command injection

Correct answer: B

Explanation

The Heartbleed vulnerability is primarily an information disclosure flaw in the OpenSSL library, allowing attackers to read sensitive data from memory. The other options describe different types of vulnerabilities that do not specifically relate to how Heartbleed operates.