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Pro.bounds: Correct impact wording (minor) (#1316)

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@@ -20376,7 +20376,7 @@ Bounds safety profile summary:
Bounds safety implies that access to an object - notably arrays - does not access beyond the object's memory allocation. Bounds safety implies that access to an object - notably arrays - does not access beyond the object's memory allocation.
This eliminates a large class of insidious and hard-to-find errors, including the (in)famous "buffer overflow" errors. This eliminates a large class of insidious and hard-to-find errors, including the (in)famous "buffer overflow" errors.
This closes security loopholes as well as a prominent source of memory corruption (when writing out of bounds). This closes security loopholes as well as a prominent source of memory corruption (when writing out of bounds).
Even an out-of-bounds access is "just a read", it can lead to invariant violations (when the accessed isn't of the assumed type) Even if an out-of-bounds access is "just a read", it can lead to invariant violations (when the accessed isn't of the assumed type)
and "mysterious values." and "mysterious values."