Scan C and C++ code with Flawfinder for risky function patterns before review
Run a fast secure-code triage pass over C and C++ sources before manual review or remediation planning begins.
Prerequisites
Flawfinder installation, C or C++ source tree, terminal access, reviewer workflow for validating findings
Installation
Requirements and caveats from upstream:
- command line tool. It requires Python (we test with Python 3;
- Python 2.7 should work but this is increasingly untested).
- Python's "pip" or with your system's package manager (flawfinder has
Basic usage or getting-started notes:
If you just want to use it, you can install flawfinder with
packages for many systems). It also supports easy installation
following usual make install source installation conventions.
Extracted from upstream docs: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/david-a-wheeler/flawfinder/HEAD/README.md