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I wouldn’t say quite the same root cause — the xz back door was clearly intentional, but I don’t recall the Heartbleed bug having been intentional, and developer responsible has denied allegations to that effect. There can be no doubt in the xz case of malicious intent.
Exit codes from processes are damage points that you take against your HP. When your HP runs out, the distro reformats itself to a clean state.