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/os-prober-1.77/newns.c FINAL RESULTS: data/os-prober-1.77/newns.c:25:2: [4] (shell) execvp: 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. execvp(argv[1], argv + 1); ANALYSIS SUMMARY: Hits = 1 Lines analyzed = 29 in approximately 0.01 seconds (2247 lines/second) Physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) = 21 Hits@level = [0] 1 [1] 0 [2] 0 [3] 0 [4] 1 [5] 0 Hits@level+ = [0+] 2 [1+] 1 [2+] 1 [3+] 1 [4+] 1 [5+] 0 Hits/KSLOC@level+ = [0+] 95.2381 [1+] 47.619 [2+] 47.619 [3+] 47.619 [4+] 47.619 [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.