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-* Added a new query, `cpp/missing-check-scanf`, to detect `scanf` output variables that are used without a proper return-value check to see that they were actually written.
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+* Added a new medium-precision query, `cpp/missing-check-scanf`, which detects `scanf` output variables that are used without a proper return-value check to see that they were actually written. A variation of this query was originally contributed as an [experimental query by @ihsinme](https://github.com/github/codeql/pull/8246).