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/compton-conf-0.14.1/compton-conf.cpp
Examining data/compton-conf-0.14.1/compton-conf.h
Examining data/compton-conf-0.14.1/maindialog.cpp
Examining data/compton-conf-0.14.1/maindialog.h

FINAL RESULTS:

data/compton-conf-0.14.1/compton-conf.cpp:25:40:  [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.
    qtTranslator.load("qt_" + QLocale::system().name(), QLibraryInfo::location(QLibraryInfo::TranslationsPath));
data/compton-conf-0.14.1/compton-conf.cpp:28:48:  [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.
    translator.load("compton-conf_" + QLocale::system().name(), COMPTON_CONF_DATA_DIR "/translations");

ANALYSIS SUMMARY:

Hits = 2
Lines analyzed = 366 in approximately 0.04 seconds (8623 lines/second)
Physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) = 257
Hits@level = [0]   0 [1]   0 [2]   0 [3]   0 [4]   2 [5]   0
Hits@level+ = [0+]   2 [1+]   2 [2+]   2 [3+]   2 [4+]   2 [5+]   0
Hits/KSLOC@level+ = [0+] 7.7821 [1+] 7.7821 [2+] 7.7821 [3+] 7.7821 [4+] 7.7821 [5+]   0
Dot directories skipped = 1 (--followdotdir overrides)
Minimum risk level = 1
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