diff --git a/apps/wolfssh/wolfssh.c b/apps/wolfssh/wolfssh.c
index f9414d795..808953cda 100644
--- a/apps/wolfssh/wolfssh.c
+++ b/apps/wolfssh/wolfssh.c
@@ -563,7 +563,7 @@ static THREAD_RET readPeer(void* in)
                 buf[bufSz - 1] = '\0';
 
             #ifdef USE_WINDOWS_API
-                if (WriteFile(stdoutHandle, buf, bufSz, &writtn, NULL) == FALSE) {
+                if (WriteFile(stdoutHandle, buf, (DWORD)ret, &writtn, NULL) == FALSE) {
                     err_sys("Failed to write to stdout handle");
                 }
             #else
diff --git a/examples/client/client.c b/examples/client/client.c
index 5ab01b19a..38e446721 100644
--- a/examples/client/client.c
+++ b/examples/client/client.c
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ static THREAD_RET readPeer(void* in)
                 buf[bufSz - 1] = '\0';
 
             #ifdef USE_WINDOWS_API
-                if (WriteFile(stdoutHandle, buf, bufSz, &writtn, NULL) == FALSE) {
+                if (WriteFile(stdoutHandle, buf, (DWORD)ret, &writtn, NULL) == FALSE) {
                     err_sys("Failed to write to stdout handle");
                 }
             #else
diff --git a/examples/client/common.c b/examples/client/common.c
index ed7e33d7d..8f3d37652 100644
--- a/examples/client/common.c
+++ b/examples/client/common.c
@@ -519,6 +519,8 @@ int ClientUserAuth(byte authType,
     else if (authType == WOLFSSH_USERAUTH_PASSWORD) {
         if (defaultPassword != NULL) {
             passwordSz = (word32)strlen(defaultPassword);
+            if (passwordSz > (word32)sizeof(userPassword))
+                passwordSz = (word32)sizeof(userPassword);
             memcpy(userPassword, defaultPassword, passwordSz);
         }
 #ifdef WOLFSSH_TERM
diff --git a/examples/portfwd/portfwd.c b/examples/portfwd/portfwd.c
index 355e5adb4..86521e94e 100644
--- a/examples/portfwd/portfwd.c
+++ b/examples/portfwd/portfwd.c
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ static int wsUserAuth(byte authType,
     (void)authType;
     if (defaultPassword != NULL) {
         passwordSz = (word32)strlen(defaultPassword);
+        if (passwordSz > (word32)sizeof(userPassword))
+            passwordSz = (word32)sizeof(userPassword);
         memcpy(userPassword, defaultPassword, passwordSz);
     }
     else {
diff --git a/src/wolfterm.c b/src/wolfterm.c
index 7ddd5d117..8dee491f5 100644
--- a/src/wolfterm.c
+++ b/src/wolfterm.c
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ int wolfSSH_ConvertConsole(WOLFSSH* ssh, WOLFSSH_HANDLE handle, byte* buf,
 
                 case 'D':
                     /* linefeed */
-                    if (WS_WRITECONSOLE(handle, "\n", sizeof("\n"), &wrt, NULL)
+                    if (WS_WRITECONSOLE(handle, "\n", sizeof("\n") - 1, &wrt, NULL)
                         == 0) {
                         WLOG(WS_LOG_DEBUG, "Error writing newline to handle");
                         return WS_FATAL_ERROR;
@@ -745,7 +745,7 @@ int wolfSSH_ConvertConsole(WOLFSSH* ssh, WOLFSSH_HANDLE handle, byte* buf,
                     break;
 
                 case 'E': /* newline */
-                    if (WS_WRITECONSOLE(handle, "\n", sizeof("\n"), &wrt, NULL)
+                    if (WS_WRITECONSOLE(handle, "\n", sizeof("\n") - 1, &wrt, NULL)
                             == 0) {
                         WLOG(WS_LOG_DEBUG, "Error writing newline to handle");
                         return WS_FATAL_ERROR;