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/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c

FINAL RESULTS:

data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:150:3:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
  strcpy (word_file_name, DEFAULT_WORD_FILE);
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:172:7:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
      strcpy (word_file_name, argv[iarg]);
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:179:7:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
      strcpy (first_word, argv[iarg]);
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:244:7:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
      strcpy (initword, uppercase(argv[iarg]));
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:276:3:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
  strcpy (pristineinitword, initword);
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:277:3:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
  strcpy (tempword, alphabetic (initword));
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:282:3:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
  strcpy (initword, tempword);
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:313:5:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
    strcpy (u_first_word, uppercase(first_word));
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:314:5:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
    strcpy (remaininitword, extract (initword, u_first_word));
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:382:5:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
    strcpy (alphbuffer, alphabetic (buffer));
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:394:5:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
    strcpy (ubuffer, uppercase (alphbuffer));
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:395:5:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
    strcpy (leftover, extract (initword, ubuffer));
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:398:5:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
    strcpy (w2memptr, uppercase(buffer));
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:464:5:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
    strcpy (alphbuffer, alphabetic (words2[i]));
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:506:5:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
    strcpy (alphbuffer, alphabetic (words2[i]));
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:507:5:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
    strcpy (ubuffer, uppercase (alphbuffer));
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:508:5:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
    strcpy (keymemptr, ubuffer);
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:776:5:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
    strcpy (accum[0], u_first_word);
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:904:5:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
    strcpy (exts, extract (s, wordss[i]));
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:916:7:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
      strcpy (accum[*level], words2ptrs[i]);
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:917:37:  [4] (buffer) strcat:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when concatenating to destination
  [MS-banned] (CWE-120). Consider using strcat_s, strncat, strlcat, or
  snprintf (warning: strncat is easily misused).
      for (j = 0; j < *level; j++) {strcat (tempword, accum[j]); strcat(tempword, " ");}
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:918:7:  [4] (buffer) strcat:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when concatenating to destination
  [MS-banned] (CWE-120). Consider using strcat_s, strncat, strlcat, or
  snprintf (warning: strncat is easily misused).
      strcat(tempword, words2ptrs[i]);
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:933:5:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
    strcpy (accum[*level], words2ptrs[i]);
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:978:3:  [4] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused).
  strcpy (t1, s1);
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:68:1:  [2] (buffer) char:
  Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential
  overflows or other issues (CWE-119!/CWE-120). Perform bounds checking, use
  functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the
  maximum possible length.
char    pristineinitword[MAX_WORD_LENGTH];
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:73:3:  [2] (buffer) char:
  Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential
  overflows or other issues (CWE-119!/CWE-120). Perform bounds checking, use
  functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the
  maximum possible length.
  char     buffer[MAX_WORD_LENGTH];
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:74:3:  [2] (buffer) char:
  Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential
  overflows or other issues (CWE-119!/CWE-120). Perform bounds checking, use
  functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the
  maximum possible length.
  char     ubuffer[MAX_WORD_LENGTH]; 
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:75:3:  [2] (buffer) char:
  Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential
  overflows or other issues (CWE-119!/CWE-120). Perform bounds checking, use
  functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the
  maximum possible length.
  char     alphbuffer[MAX_WORD_LENGTH];
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:76:3:  [2] (buffer) char:
  Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential
  overflows or other issues (CWE-119!/CWE-120). Perform bounds checking, use
  functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the
  maximum possible length.
  char     initword[MAX_WORD_LENGTH];
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:77:3:  [2] (buffer) char:
  Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential
  overflows or other issues (CWE-119!/CWE-120). Perform bounds checking, use
  functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the
  maximum possible length.
  char     remaininitword[MAX_WORD_LENGTH];
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:78:3:  [2] (buffer) char:
  Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential
  overflows or other issues (CWE-119!/CWE-120). Perform bounds checking, use
  functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the
  maximum possible length.
  char     word_file_name[MAX_PATH_LENGTH];
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:79:3:  [2] (buffer) char:
  Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential
  overflows or other issues (CWE-119!/CWE-120). Perform bounds checking, use
  functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the
  maximum possible length.
  char     first_word[MAX_WORD_LENGTH];
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:80:3:  [2] (buffer) char:
  Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential
  overflows or other issues (CWE-119!/CWE-120). Perform bounds checking, use
  functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the
  maximum possible length.
  char     u_first_word[MAX_WORD_LENGTH];
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:81:3:  [2] (buffer) char:
  Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential
  overflows or other issues (CWE-119!/CWE-120). Perform bounds checking, use
  functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the
  maximum possible length.
  char     tempword[MAX_WORD_LENGTH];
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:105:3:  [2] (buffer) char:
  Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential
  overflows or other issues (CWE-119!/CWE-120). Perform bounds checking, use
  functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the
  maximum possible length.
  char     leftover[MAX_WORD_LENGTH];
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:111:3:  [2] (buffer) char:
  Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential
  overflows or other issues (CWE-119!/CWE-120). Perform bounds checking, use
  functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the
  maximum possible length.
  char     no[3] = "no";
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:112:3:  [2] (buffer) char:
  Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential
  overflows or other issues (CWE-119!/CWE-120). Perform bounds checking, use
  functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the
  maximum possible length.
  char     yes[4] = "yes";
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:207:24:  [2] (buffer) strcpy:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned]
  (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy
  easily misused). Risk is low because the source is a constant string.
            case 'F' : strcpy (word_file_name, "/usr/share/dict/words");
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:361:26:  [2] (misc) fopen:
  Check when opening files - can an attacker redirect it (via symlinks),
  force the opening of special file type (e.g., device files), move things
  around to create a race condition, control its ancestors, or change its
  contents? (CWE-362).
    if ((word_file_ptr = fopen (word_file_name, "r")) == NULL)
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:792:10:  [2] (buffer) char:
  Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential
  overflows or other issues (CWE-119!/CWE-120). Perform bounds checking, use
  functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the
  maximum possible length.
  static char upcasestr[MAX_WORD_LENGTH + 1];
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:803:10:  [2] (buffer) char:
  Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential
  overflows or other issues (CWE-119!/CWE-120). Perform bounds checking, use
  functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the
  maximum possible length.
  static char alphstr[MAX_WORD_LENGTH + 1];
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:834:3:  [2] (buffer) char:
  Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential
  overflows or other issues (CWE-119!/CWE-120). Perform bounds checking, use
  functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the
  maximum possible length.
  char exts[MAX_WORD_LENGTH];
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:835:3:  [2] (buffer) char:
  Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential
  overflows or other issues (CWE-119!/CWE-120). Perform bounds checking, use
  functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the
  maximum possible length.
  char tempword[MAX_WORD_LENGTH+50];
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:971:10:  [2] (buffer) char:
  Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential
  overflows or other issues (CWE-119!/CWE-120). Perform bounds checking, use
  functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the
  maximum possible length.
  static char r1[MAX_WORD_LENGTH];
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:972:3:  [2] (buffer) char:
  Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential
  overflows or other issues (CWE-119!/CWE-120). Perform bounds checking, use
  functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the
  maximum possible length.
  char t1[MAX_WORD_LENGTH];
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:186:17:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
      if ((int) strlen(argv[iarg]) > 1)
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:189:19:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
	while (i < (int) strlen(argv[iarg]))
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:278:6:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
  if(strlen(initword) != strlen(alphabetic (initword)))
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:278:26:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
  if(strlen(initword) != strlen(alphabetic (initword)))
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:284:19:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
  ilength = (int) strlen (initword);
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:321:9:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
    if (strlen (remaininitword) == 0)
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:376:15:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
    j = (int) strlen (buffer) - 1;
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:384:16:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
    if (((int) strlen (alphbuffer) < mincwordlength) || 
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:385:9:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
	((int) strlen (alphbuffer) > maxcwordlength))
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:389:27:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
    for (j = 0; j < (int) strlen (buffer); j++)
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:399:17:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
    w2memptr += strlen (buffer) + 1;
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:400:17:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
    w2offset += strlen (buffer) + 1;
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:402:15:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
    if ((int) strlen (alphbuffer) > longestlength) 
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:403:23:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
      longestlength = strlen (alphbuffer);
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:437:13:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
         ( (strlen(words2mem + i + 1)) == strlen(alphabetic(words2mem + i + 1)) ) )
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:437:43:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
         ( (strlen(words2mem + i + 1)) == strlen(alphabetic(words2mem + i + 1)) ) )
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:465:23:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
    wordsn[i] = (int) strlen (alphbuffer); 
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:528:18:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
    size = (int) strlen (wordss[k]);
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:795:25:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
  for (i = 0; i < (int) strlen (s); i++) upcasestr[i] = toupper(s[i]);
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:807:25:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
  for (i = 0; i < (int) strlen (s); i++) 
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:860:48:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
    if ((max_depth - *level) * longestlength < strlen(s))
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:917:66:  [1] (buffer) strcat:
  Does not check for buffer overflows when concatenating to destination
  [MS-banned] (CWE-120). Consider using strcat_s, strncat, strlcat, or
  snprintf (warning: strncat is easily misused). Risk is low because the
  source is a constant character.
      for (j = 0; j < *level; j++) {strcat (tempword, accum[j]); strcat(tempword, " ");}
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:980:17:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
  s1len = (int) strlen (s1p);
data/wordplay-8.0/wordplay.c:984:17:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
  s2len = (int) strlen (s2);

ANALYSIS SUMMARY:

Hits = 69
Lines analyzed = 1029 in approximately 0.05 seconds (19299 lines/second)
Physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) = 762
Hits@level = [0]  65 [1]  24 [2]  21 [3]   0 [4]  24 [5]   0
Hits@level+ = [0+] 134 [1+]  69 [2+]  45 [3+]  24 [4+]  24 [5+]   0
Hits/KSLOC@level+ = [0+] 175.853 [1+] 90.5512 [2+] 59.0551 [3+] 31.4961 [4+] 31.4961 [5+]   0
Dot directories skipped = 1 (--followdotdir overrides)
Minimum risk level = 1
Not every hit is necessarily a security vulnerability.
There may be other security vulnerabilities; review your code!
See 'Secure Programming HOWTO'
(https://dwheeler.com/secure-programs) for more information.