diff --git a/src/detection/cpuusage/cpuusage_linux.c b/src/detection/cpuusage/cpuusage_linux.c
index cb6101a97..118353e2c 100644
--- a/src/detection/cpuusage/cpuusage_linux.c
+++ b/src/detection/cpuusage/cpuusage_linux.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ const char* ffGetCpuUsageInfo(FFlist* cpuTimes)
             };
         }
         else
-            break; // because we read the whole /proc/stat, we can safely quit when the line does not start with "cpuN" 
+            break;
         start = token + 1;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/detection/memory/memory_linux.c b/src/detection/memory/memory_linux.c
index d4ebf4de9..3da3e7930 100644
--- a/src/detection/memory/memory_linux.c
+++ b/src/detection/memory/memory_linux.c
@@ -21,22 +21,22 @@ const char* ffDetectMemory(FFMemoryResult* ram)
     
     char *token = NULL;
     if((token = strstr(buf, "MemTotal:")) != NULL)
-        sscanf(token, "MemTotal: %" PRIu64, &memTotal);
+        memTotal = strtoul(token + strlen("MemTotal:"), NULL, 10);
 
     if((token = strstr(buf, "MemFree:")) != NULL)
-        sscanf(token, "MemFree: %" PRIu64, &memFree);
+        memFree = strtoul(token + strlen("MemFree:"), NULL, 10);
 
     if((token = strstr(buf, "Buffers:")) != NULL)
-        sscanf(token, "Buffers: %" PRIu64, &buffers);
+        buffers = strtoul(token + strlen("Buffers:"), NULL, 10);
     
     if((token = strstr(buf, "Cached:")) != NULL)
-        sscanf(token, "Cached: %" PRIu64, &cached);
+        cached = strtoul(token + strlen("Cached:"), NULL, 10);
     
     if((token = strstr(buf, "Shmem:")) != NULL)
-        sscanf(token, "Shmem: %" PRIu64, &shmem);
+        shmem = strtoul(token + strlen("Shmem:"), NULL, 10);
     
     if((token = strstr(buf, "SReclaimable:")) != NULL)
-        sscanf(token, "SReclaimable: %" PRIu64, &sReclaimable);
+        sReclaimable = strtoul(token + strlen("SReclaimable:"), NULL, 10);
 
     ram->bytesTotal = memTotal * 1024lu;
     ram->bytesUsed = (memTotal + shmem - memFree - buffers - cached - sReclaimable) * 1024lu;
diff --git a/src/detection/swap/swap_linux.c b/src/detection/swap/swap_linux.c
index 02183d6e6..77d95d589 100644
--- a/src/detection/swap/swap_linux.c
+++ b/src/detection/swap/swap_linux.c
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ const char* ffDetectSwap(FFSwapResult* swap)
 
     char *token = NULL;
     if ((token = strstr(buf, "SwapTotal:")) != NULL)
-        sscanf(token, "SwapTotal: %" PRIu64, &swapTotal);
+        swapTotal = strtoul(token + strlen("SwapTotal:"), NULL, 10);
     
     if ((token = strstr(buf, "SwapFree:")) != NULL)
-        sscanf(token, "SwapFree: %" PRIu64, &swapFree);
+        swapFree = strtoul(token + strlen("SwapFree:"), NULL, 10);
 
     swap->bytesTotal = swapTotal * 1024lu;
     swap->bytesUsed = (swapTotal - swapFree) * 1024lu;
diff --git a/src/detection/uptime/uptime_linux.c b/src/detection/uptime/uptime_linux.c
index f4ea790a1..79bb5580c 100644
--- a/src/detection/uptime/uptime_linux.c
+++ b/src/detection/uptime/uptime_linux.c
@@ -13,11 +13,12 @@ const char* ffDetectUptime(FFUptimeResult* result)
         return "ffReadFileData(\"/proc/uptime\", sizeof(buf) - 1, buf) failed";
     buf[nRead] = '\0';
 
-    double sec;
-    if(sscanf(buf, "%lf", &sec) > 0)
+    char *err = NULL;
+    double sec = strtod(buf, &err);
+    if(err != buf)
         result->uptime = (uint64_t) (sec * 1000);
     else
-        return "sscanf(buf.chars, \"%lf\", &sec) failed";
+        return "strtod(buf, &err) failed";
 
     result->bootTime = ffTimeGetNow() + result->uptime;