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/mklibs-0.1.44.1/src/mklibs-readelf/elf.cpp Examining data/mklibs-0.1.44.1/src/mklibs-readelf/elf.hpp Examining data/mklibs-0.1.44.1/src/mklibs-readelf/elf_data.hpp Examining data/mklibs-0.1.44.1/src/mklibs-readelf/elf_defs.hpp Examining data/mklibs-0.1.44.1/src/mklibs-readelf/elf_endian.hpp Examining data/mklibs-0.1.44.1/src/mklibs-readelf/endian.hpp Examining data/mklibs-0.1.44.1/src/mklibs-readelf/main.cpp FINAL RESULTS: data/mklibs-0.1.44.1/src/mklibs-readelf/main.cpp:200:15: [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 ((c = getopt_long (argc, argv, "einpRsu", long_opts, NULL)) != -1) data/mklibs-0.1.44.1/src/mklibs-readelf/elf.cpp:39:13: [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). file *file::open (const char *filename) throw (std::bad_alloc, std::runtime_error) data/mklibs-0.1.44.1/src/mklibs-readelf/elf.cpp:45:15: [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 ((fd = ::open (filename, O_RDONLY)) == -1) data/mklibs-0.1.44.1/src/mklibs-readelf/elf.hpp:62:20: [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). static file *open(const char *filename) throw (std::bad_alloc, std::runtime_error); data/mklibs-0.1.44.1/src/mklibs-readelf/main.cpp:134:32: [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). Elf::file *file = Elf::file::open (filename); ANALYSIS SUMMARY: Hits = 5 Lines analyzed = 1737 in approximately 0.05 seconds (32669 lines/second) Physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) = 1321 Hits@level = [0] 2 [1] 0 [2] 4 [3] 1 [4] 0 [5] 0 Hits@level+ = [0+] 7 [1+] 5 [2+] 5 [3+] 1 [4+] 0 [5+] 0 Hits/KSLOC@level+ = [0+] 5.29902 [1+] 3.78501 [2+] 3.78501 [3+] 0.757002 [4+] 0 [5+] 0 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.