diff --git a/fastboot/protocol.cpp b/fastboot/protocol.cpp
index 4850b4a0d..1785b7622 100644
--- a/fastboot/protocol.cpp
+++ b/fastboot/protocol.cpp
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ static int check_response(Transport* transport, uint32_t size, char* response) {
     while (true) {
         int r = transport->Read(status, 64);
         if (r < 0) {
-            sprintf(ERROR, "status read failed (%s)", strerror(errno));
+            snprintf(ERROR, sizeof(ERROR), "status read failed (%s)", strerror(errno));
             transport->Close();
             return -1;
         }
         status[r] = 0;
 
         if (r < 4) {
-            sprintf(ERROR, "status malformed (%d bytes)", r);
+            snprintf(ERROR, sizeof(ERROR), "status malformed (%d bytes)", r);
             transport->Close();
             return -1;
         }
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ static int check_response(Transport* transport, uint32_t size, char* response) {
 
         if (!memcmp(status, "FAIL", 4)) {
             if (r > 4) {
-                sprintf(ERROR, "remote: %s", status + 4);
+                snprintf(ERROR, sizeof(ERROR), "remote: %s", status + 4);
             } else {
                 strcpy(ERROR, "remote failure");
             }
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ static int check_response(Transport* transport, uint32_t size, char* response) {
 static int _command_start(Transport* transport, const char* cmd, uint32_t size, char* response) {
     size_t cmdsize = strlen(cmd);
     if (cmdsize > 64) {
-        sprintf(ERROR, "command too large");
+        snprintf(ERROR, sizeof(ERROR), "command too large");
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ static int _command_start(Transport* transport, const char* cmd, uint32_t size,
     }
 
     if (transport->Write(cmd, cmdsize) != static_cast<int>(cmdsize)) {
-        sprintf(ERROR, "command write failed (%s)", strerror(errno));
+        snprintf(ERROR, sizeof(ERROR), "command write failed (%s)", strerror(errno));
         transport->Close();
         return -1;
     }
@@ -128,12 +128,12 @@ static int _command_start(Transport* transport, const char* cmd, uint32_t size,
 static int _command_data(Transport* transport, const void* data, uint32_t size) {
     int r = transport->Write(data, size);
     if (r < 0) {
-        sprintf(ERROR, "data transfer failure (%s)", strerror(errno));
+        snprintf(ERROR, sizeof(ERROR), "data transfer failure (%s)", strerror(errno));
         transport->Close();
         return -1;
     }
     if (r != ((int) size)) {
-        sprintf(ERROR, "data transfer failure (short transfer)");
+        snprintf(ERROR, sizeof(ERROR), "data transfer failure (short transfer)");
         transport->Close();
         return -1;
     }
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ int fb_command_response(Transport* transport, const char* cmd, char* response) {
 
 int fb_download_data(Transport* transport, const void* data, uint32_t size) {
     char cmd[64];
-    sprintf(cmd, "download:%08x", size);
+    snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "download:%08x", size);
     return _command_send(transport, cmd, data, size, 0) < 0 ? -1 : 0;
 }
 
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ static int fb_download_data_sparse_write(void *priv, const void *data, int len)
 
     if (len > TRANSPORT_BUF_SIZE) {
         if (transport_buf_len > 0) {
-            sprintf(ERROR, "internal error: transport_buf not empty\n");
+            snprintf(ERROR, sizeof(ERROR), "internal error: transport_buf not empty\n");
             return -1;
         }
         to_write = round_down(len, TRANSPORT_BUF_SIZE);
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ static int fb_download_data_sparse_write(void *priv, const void *data, int len)
 
     if (len > 0) {
         if (len > TRANSPORT_BUF_SIZE) {
-            sprintf(ERROR, "internal error: too much left for transport_buf\n");
+            snprintf(ERROR, sizeof(ERROR), "internal error: too much left for transport_buf\n");
             return -1;
         }
         memcpy(transport_buf, ptr, len);
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ int fb_download_data_sparse(Transport* transport, struct sparse_file* s) {
     }
 
     char cmd[64];
-    sprintf(cmd, "download:%08x", size);
+    snprintf(cmd, sizeof(cmd), "download:%08x", size);
     int r = _command_start(transport, cmd, size, 0);
     if (r < 0) {
         return -1;