Typos that omit security features and how to test for them

Published

2023-04-20 11:00

Collected

2026-07-03 03:59

---
id: 1673
title: "Typos that omit security features and how to test for them"
source_domain: blog.trailofbits.com
source_url: "https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/04/20/typos-that-omit-security-features-and-how-to-test-for-them/"
published_at: "2023-04-20T11:00:08Z"
tags: ["secure-coding", "c", "cpp", "compiler", "mitigations", "fortify-source", "build-security", "auditing", "typos", "build-hardening"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/1673"
lang: en
---

# Typos that omit security features and how to test for them

## Summary

An audit found a typo that silently disabled _FORTIFY_SOURCE; the team found and fixed twenty similar C/C++ bugs on GitHub and shows how to test builds for this missed mitigation.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** blog.trailofbits.com
- **Published:** 2023-04-20T11:00:08Z
- **Original:** https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/04/20/typos-that-omit-security-features-and-how-to-test-for-them/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/1673