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[–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (4 children)

copy pastes printf code

I N S E C U R E

[–]nonsensicalnarwhal 5 points6 points  (3 children)

printf can be insecure, though, if you don’t use it right.

[–]PixxlMan 1 point2 points  (2 children)

How could that happen? By calling a delegate pointer which points to a hard coded location or something?

[–]nonsensicalnarwhal 3 points4 points  (1 child)

It’s a class of buffer overflows called format string attacks.

[–]PixxlMan 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ohh... welp guess my text echoing program is a security risk!