Flawfinder version 2.0.10, (C) 2001-2019 David A. Wheeler.
Number of rules (primarily dangerous function names) in C/C++ ruleset: 223
Examining data/package-update-indicator-5/pui-settings.h
Examining data/package-update-indicator-5/package-update-indicator-prefs.c
Examining data/package-update-indicator-5/pui-backend.h
Examining data/package-update-indicator-5/pui-backend.c
Examining data/package-update-indicator-5/pui-application.c
Examining data/package-update-indicator-5/pui-application.h
Examining data/package-update-indicator-5/pui-get-updates.c
Examining data/package-update-indicator-5/pui-prefs-application.c
Examining data/package-update-indicator-5/pui-prefs-application.h
Examining data/package-update-indicator-5/pui-settings.c
Examining data/package-update-indicator-5/pui-common.h
Examining data/package-update-indicator-5/pui-get-updates.h
Examining data/package-update-indicator-5/package-update-indicator.c

FINAL RESULTS:

data/package-update-indicator-5/package-update-indicator.c:69:7:  [4] (shell) execv:
  This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely
  (CWE-78). try using a library call that implements the same functionality
  if available.
		if (execv(argv[0], argv) == -1) {

ANALYSIS SUMMARY:

Hits = 1
Lines analyzed = 2448 in approximately 0.17 seconds (14819 lines/second)
Physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) = 1721
Hits@level = [0]   0 [1]   0 [2]   0 [3]   0 [4]   1 [5]   0
Hits@level+ = [0+]   1 [1+]   1 [2+]   1 [3+]   1 [4+]   1 [5+]   0
Hits/KSLOC@level+ = [0+] 0.581058 [1+] 0.581058 [2+] 0.581058 [3+] 0.581058 [4+] 0.581058 [5+]   0
Dot directories skipped = 1 (--followdotdir overrides)
Minimum risk level = 1
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