diff -p -up cooledit-3.17.17/editor/cooledit.c.strfmt cooledit-3.17.17/editor/cooledit.c
--- cooledit-3.17.17/editor/cooledit.c.strfmt	2009-12-04 23:23:09.000000000 +0100
+++ cooledit-3.17.17/editor/cooledit.c	2009-12-04 23:23:38.000000000 +0100
@@ -1511,7 +1511,7 @@ int write_config (int clean)
 	    current_edit++;
 	}
 	if (*s) {
-	    sprintf (f, s);
+	    sprintf (f, "%s", s);
 	    f += strlen (s);
 	    *f = 0;
 	}
diff -p -up cooledit-3.17.17/widget/editcmd.c.strfmt cooledit-3.17.17/widget/editcmd.c
--- cooledit-3.17.17/widget/editcmd.c.strfmt	2005-04-04 22:47:45.000000000 +0200
+++ cooledit-3.17.17/widget/editcmd.c	2009-12-04 23:22:29.000000000 +0100
@@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ int sprintf_p (char *str, const char *fm
 	q = p;
     }
     va_end (ap);
-    sprintf (s, q);		/* print trailing leftover */
+    sprintf (s, "%s", q);		/* print trailing leftover */
     return (unsigned long) s - (unsigned long) str + strlen (s);
 }