http://bugs.gentoo.org/339405

--- a/utils/cx25840ctl/cx25840ctl.c
+++ b/utils/cx25840ctl/cx25840ctl.c
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	sprintf(device, "/dev/i2c-%s", opt.inputs[0]);
+	snprintf(device, sizeof(device), "/dev/i2c-%s", opt.inputs[0]);
 
 	// open the device
 	if ((fd = open(device, O_RDWR)) < 0)
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
-	sprintf(sysfile, "/sys/bus/i2c/devices/%s-%04x/name", opt.inputs[0], address);
+	snprintf(sysfile, sizeof(sysfile), "/sys/bus/i2c/devices/%s-%04x/name", opt.inputs[0], address);
 	if ((fp = fopen(sysfile, "r")) != NULL)
 	{
 		fgets(name, sizeof(name), fp);
--- a/utils/ivtv-ctl.c
+++ b/utils/ivtv-ctl.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
 	__u32 reset = 0;
 	int new_debug_level, gdebug_level;
 	double timestamp;
-	char ptsstr[64];
+	char ptsstr[256];
 	char short_options[26 * 2 * 2 + 1];
 
 	if (argc == 1) {
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@
 				static char newdev[20];
 				char dev = device[0];
 
-				sprintf(newdev, "/dev/video%c", dev);
+				snprintf(newdev, sizeof(newdev), "/dev/video%c", dev);
 				device = newdev;
 			}
 			break;
@@ -600,7 +600,7 @@
 		char buf[20];
 		new_debug_level = debug_level;
 
-		sprintf(buf, "%d", debug_level);
+		snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d", debug_level);
 		if (dowrite(buf, "/sys/module/ivtv/parameters/debug") == 0) {
 			printf(" set debug level: ");
 			print_debug_mask(new_debug_level);
--- a/utils/v4l2-ctl.cpp
+++ b/utils/v4l2-ctl.cpp
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@
 {
 	char buf[10];
 
-	sprintf(buf, "%08x", num);
+	snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%08x", num);
 	return buf;
 }
 
@@ -1449,7 +1449,7 @@
 				static char newdev[20];
 				char dev = device[0];
 
-				sprintf(newdev, "/dev/video%c", dev);
+				snprintf(newdev, sizeof(newdev), "/dev/video%c", dev);
 				device = newdev;
 			}
 			break;