A format string vulnerability occurs when a user supplied input buffer is passed directly to printf as the format string argument. This vulnerability allows an attacker to send malicious input to the ...

The printf utility formats and prints its arguments, after the first, under control of the format. The format is a character string which contains three types of objects: Plain characters, which are ...

Even if you're already familiar with the printf command, if you got your information via "man printf" you may be missing a couple of useful features that are provided by bash's built-in version of the ...