1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/apps/plugins/lua/lstrlib.c b/apps/plugins/lua/lstrlib.c
index 4d58280ba8..3d6103692f 100644
--- a/apps/plugins/lua/lstrlib.c
+++ b/apps/plugins/lua/lstrlib.c
@@ -737,7 +737,9 @@ static const char *scanformat (lua_State *L, const char *strfrmt, char *form) {
   if (isdigit(uchar(*p)))
     luaL_error(L, "invalid format (width or precision too long)");
   *(form++) = '%';
-  strlcpy(form, strfrmt, p - strfrmt + 1);
+  strncpy(form, strfrmt, p - strfrmt + 1);
+  form += p - strfrmt + 1;
+  *form = '\0';
   return p;
 }