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Re: sprintf and 64-bit integers
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Re: sprintf and 64-bit integers


  • Subject: Re: sprintf and 64-bit integers
  • From: "Sean McBride" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 14:48:17 -0400
  • Organization: Rogue Research Inc.

On 9/13/09 12:01 PM, Jens Alfke said:

>It would be best to convert all your sprintf calls to snprintf, which
>is a safer equivalent that won't overflow the buffer.

Yes, sprintf is pure evil.  snprintf is less evil.

Also, I recommend adding -fstack-protector -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2, they can
help catch some of these problems.  And valgrind would probably have
caught this problem immediately.

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Sean McBride, B. Eng                 email@hidden
Rogue Research                        www.rogue-research.com
Mac Software Developer              Montréal, Québec, Canada


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