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/octave-msh-1.0.10/src/mshm_dolfin_read.cc
Examining data/octave-msh-1.0.10/src/mshm_dolfin_write.cc
Examining data/octave-msh-1.0.10/src/mshm_refine.cc

FINAL RESULTS:

data/octave-msh-1.0.10/src/mshm_dolfin_write.cc:68:22:  [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).
              editor.open (*mesh, D, D);
data/octave-msh-1.0.10/src/mshm_refine.cc:84:27:  [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).
                   editor.open (*mesh, D, D);

ANALYSIS SUMMARY:

Hits = 2
Lines analyzed = 983 in approximately 0.06 seconds (16909 lines/second)
Physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) = 715
Hits@level = [0]   0 [1]   0 [2]   2 [3]   0 [4]   0 [5]   0
Hits@level+ = [0+]   2 [1+]   2 [2+]   2 [3+]   0 [4+]   0 [5+]   0
Hits/KSLOC@level+ = [0+] 2.7972 [1+] 2.7972 [2+] 2.7972 [3+]   0 [4+]   0 [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!
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