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+/**
+ * @name Use of fgets()
+ * @description fgets() is dangerous to call. Use read_line() instead.
+ * @kind problem
+ * @problem.severity error
+ * @precision high
+ * @id cpp/fgets
+ * @tags reliability
+ *       security
+ */
+import cpp
+
+
+predicate dangerousFunction(Function function) {
+  exists (string name | name = function.getQualifiedName() |
+    name = "fgets")
+}
+
+
+from FunctionCall call, Function target
+where call.getTarget() = target
+  and dangerousFunction(target)
+select call, target.getQualifiedName() + " is potentially dangerous"