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/lockfile-progs-0.1.18/lockfile-progs.c FINAL RESULTS: data/lockfile-progs-0.1.18/lockfile-progs.c:44:60: [4] (format) printf: If format strings can be influenced by an attacker, they can be exploited (CWE-134). Use a constant for the format specification. msg(FILE *f, const char *fmt, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3))); data/lockfile-progs-0.1.18/lockfile-progs.c:54:10: [4] (format) vfprintf: If format strings can be influenced by an attacker, they can be exploited (CWE-134). Use a constant for the format specification. rc = vfprintf(f, fmt, args); data/lockfile-progs-0.1.18/lockfile-progs.c:62:27: [4] (format) printf: If format strings can be influenced by an attacker, they can be exploited (CWE-134). Use a constant for the format specification. __attribute__ ((format (printf, 2, 3))); data/lockfile-progs-0.1.18/lockfile-progs.c:73:7: [4] (format) vfprintf: If format strings can be influenced by an attacker, they can be exploited (CWE-134). Use a constant for the format specification. vfprintf(stderr, fmt, args); data/lockfile-progs-0.1.18/lockfile-progs.c:146:23: [3] (buffer) getopt_long: Some older implementations do not protect against internal buffer overflows (CWE-120, CWE-20). Check implementation on installation, or limit the size of all string inputs. while((opt_result = getopt_long(argc, argv, ANALYSIS SUMMARY: Hits = 5 Lines analyzed = 400 in approximately 0.02 seconds (23858 lines/second) Physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) = 326 Hits@level = [0] 0 [1] 0 [2] 0 [3] 1 [4] 4 [5] 0 Hits@level+ = [0+] 5 [1+] 5 [2+] 5 [3+] 5 [4+] 4 [5+] 0 Hits/KSLOC@level+ = [0+] 15.3374 [1+] 15.3374 [2+] 15.3374 [3+] 15.3374 [4+] 12.2699 [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.