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/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/aboutdialog.cpp
Examining data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/aboutdialog.h
Examining data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/application.cpp
Examining data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/application.h
Examining data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/avogadro.cpp
Examining data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/backgroundfileformat.cpp
Examining data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/backgroundfileformat.h
Examining data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/mainwindow.h
Examining data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/menubuilder.cpp
Examining data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/menubuilder.h
Examining data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/rpclistener.cpp
Examining data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/rpclistener.h
Examining data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/viewfactory.cpp
Examining data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/viewfactory.h
Examining data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/mainwindow.cpp

FINAL RESULTS:

data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/avogadro.cpp:75:38:  [4] (shell) system:
  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.
  qDebug() << "Locale: " << QLocale::system().name();
data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/avogadro.cpp:80:18:  [4] (shell) system:
  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.
        QLocale::system(), "qt", "_",
data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/avogadro.cpp:92:18:  [4] (shell) system:
  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.
        QLocale::system(), "qtbase", "_",
data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/avogadro.cpp:103:38:  [4] (shell) system:
  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 (qtTranslator.load(QLocale::system(), "qt", "_", translationPath)) {
data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/avogadro.cpp:107:42:  [4] (shell) system:
  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 (qtBaseTranslator.load(QLocale::system(), "qtbase", "_",
data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/avogadro.cpp:113:37:  [4] (shell) system:
  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 (avoTranslator.load(QLocale::system(), "avogadrolibs", "_",
data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/mainwindow.cpp:161:14:  [2] (misc) open:
  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 (!xml.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/backgroundfileformat.cpp:34:28:  [1] (buffer) read:
  Check buffer boundaries if used in a loop including recursive loops
  (CWE-120, CWE-20).
void BackgroundFileFormat::read()
data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/backgroundfileformat.h:90:8:  [1] (buffer) read:
  Check buffer boundaries if used in a loop including recursive loops
  (CWE-120, CWE-20).
  void read();
data/avogadro-1.93.0/avogadro/mainwindow.cpp:630:89:  [1] (buffer) read:
  Check buffer boundaries if used in a loop including recursive loops
  (CWE-120, CWE-20).
  connect(m_fileReadThread, &QThread::started, m_threadedReader, &BackgroundFileFormat::read);

ANALYSIS SUMMARY:

Hits = 10
Lines analyzed = 3554 in approximately 0.13 seconds (27853 lines/second)
Physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) = 2426
Hits@level = [0]   0 [1]   3 [2]   1 [3]   0 [4]   6 [5]   0
Hits@level+ = [0+]  10 [1+]  10 [2+]   7 [3+]   6 [4+]   6 [5+]   0
Hits/KSLOC@level+ = [0+] 4.12201 [1+] 4.12201 [2+] 2.88541 [3+] 2.47321 [4+] 2.47321 [5+]   0
Dot directories skipped = 2 (--followdotdir overrides)
Minimum risk level = 1
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