Developer Guide and Reference

ID 767253
Date 10/31/2024
Public
Document Table of Contents

Wformat-security

Determines whether the compiler issues a warning when the use of format functions may cause security problems.

Syntax

Linux:

-Wformat-security

-Wno-format-security

Windows:

/Wformat-security

/Wno-format-security

Arguments

None

Default

Wno-format-security

No warning is issued when the use of format functions may cause security problems.

Description

This option determines whether the compiler issues a warning when the use of format functions may cause security problems.

When Wformat-security is specified, it warns about uses of format functions where the format string is not a string literal and there are no format arguments.

IDE Equivalent

None

Alternate Options

None