Brief Q&A on the HeapEnableTerminationOnCorruption heap information flag

Raymond ChenDecember 27, 2013Dec 27, 201312/27/13

Question: What type of heaps are controlled by the Heap­Enable­Termination­On­Corruption flag? Answer: Any user-mode heap created by the Heap­Create function. This includes the process heap (Get­Process­Heap) but not the managed heap. Some components use Heap­Create under the hood. If so, then those heaps ...