Re: sscanf

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From: "Maxim S. Shatskih" <maxim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:48:58 +0400

scanf() is vulnerable if the string passed to it is not zero-terminated, or
if the buffer passed to it to store the results is too short.

Write the state-machine-based parser yourself, or switch to the binary data
representation in the registry.

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Maxim Shatskih, Windows DDK MVP
StorageCraft Corporation
maxim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.storagecraft.com

"Colin Helliwell" <colinh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7EFD4E5F-7380-40CA-9B4E-13EE324E35F8@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Have been searching around without succes on this: Is there a recommended or
'standard' alternative to swscanf for use in a driver? (I'm wanting to parse
a WSTR from the registry).

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