diff --git a/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_format.hpp b/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_format.hpp
index 4406839f..e05862fa 100644
--- a/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_format.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/regex/v4/regex_format.hpp
@@ -842,7 +842,15 @@ OutputIterator regex_format_imp(OutputIterator out,
 
 BOOST_MPL_HAS_XXX_TRAIT_DEF(const_iterator)
 
-struct any_type { any_type(...); };
+struct any_type 
+{
+   template <class T>
+   any_type(const T&); 
+   template <class T, class U>
+   any_type(const T&, const U&); 
+   template <class T, class U, class V>
+   any_type(const T&, const U&, const V&); 
+};
 typedef char no_type;
 typedef char (&unary_type)[2];
 typedef char (&binary_type)[3];
diff --git a/src/cregex.cpp b/src/cregex.cpp
index 5c27330c..8d69139f 100644
--- a/src/cregex.cpp
+++ b/src/cregex.cpp
@@ -361,11 +361,24 @@ void BuildFileList(std::list<std::string>* pl, const char* files, bool recurse)
 
       while(dstart != dend)
       {
+         // Verify that sprintf will not overflow:
+         if(std::strlen(dstart.path()) + std::strlen(directory_iterator::separator()) + std::strlen(ptr) >= MAX_PATH)
+         {
+            // Oops overflow, skip this item:
+            ++dstart;
+            continue;
+         }
 #if BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, >= 1400) && !defined(_WIN32_WCE) && !defined(UNDER_CE)
-         (::sprintf_s)(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s%s%s", dstart.path(), directory_iterator::separator(), ptr);
+         int r = (::sprintf_s)(buf, sizeof(buf), "%s%s%s", dstart.path(), directory_iterator::separator(), ptr);
 #else
-         (std::sprintf)(buf, "%s%s%s", dstart.path(), directory_iterator::separator(), ptr);
+         int r = (std::sprintf)(buf, "%s%s%s", dstart.path(), directory_iterator::separator(), ptr);
 #endif
+         if(r < 0)
+         {
+            // sprintf failed, skip this item:
+            ++dstart;
+            continue;
+         }
          BuildFileList(pl, buf, recurse);
          ++dstart;
       }
diff --git a/src/fileiter.cpp b/src/fileiter.cpp
index ff1d1119..38c0d2c3 100644
--- a/src/fileiter.cpp
+++ b/src/fileiter.cpp
@@ -847,10 +847,16 @@ bool iswild(const char* mask, const char* name)
 unsigned _fi_attributes(const char* root, const char* name)
 {
    char buf[MAX_PATH];
+   // verify that we can not overflow:
+   if(std::strlen(root) + std::strlen(_fi_sep) + std::strlen(name) >= MAX_PATH)
+      return 0;
+   int r;
    if( ( (root[0] == *_fi_sep) || (root[0] == *_fi_sep_alt) ) && (root[1] == '\0') )
-      (std::sprintf)(buf, "%s%s", root, name);
+      r = (std::sprintf)(buf, "%s%s", root, name);
    else
-      (std::sprintf)(buf, "%s%s%s", root, _fi_sep, name);
+      r = (std::sprintf)(buf, "%s%s%s", root, _fi_sep, name);
+   if(r < 0)
+      return 0; // sprintf failed
    DIR* d = opendir(buf);
    if(d)
    {
diff --git a/src/posix_api.cpp b/src/posix_api.cpp
index 37ed4221..abafd8f2 100644
--- a/src/posix_api.cpp
+++ b/src/posix_api.cpp
@@ -167,11 +167,17 @@ BOOST_REGEX_DECL regsize_t BOOST_REGEX_CCALL regerrorA(int code, const regex_tA*
       {
          if(std::strcmp(e->re_endp, names[i]) == 0)
          {
+            //
+            // We're converting an integer i to a string, and since i <= REG_E_UNKNOWN
+            // a five character string is *always* large enough:
+            //
 #if BOOST_WORKAROUND(BOOST_MSVC, >= 1400) && !defined(_WIN32_WCE) && !defined(UNDER_CE)
-            (::sprintf_s)(localbuf, 5, "%d", i);
+            int r = (::sprintf_s)(localbuf, 5, "%d", i);
 #else
-            (std::sprintf)(localbuf, "%d", i);
+            int r = (std::sprintf)(localbuf, "%d", i);
 #endif
+            if(r < 0)
+               return 0; // sprintf failed
             if(std::strlen(localbuf) < buf_size)
                re_detail::strcpy_s(buf, buf_size, localbuf);
             return std::strlen(localbuf) + 1;