diff -pur origsrc/cygutils-1.4.1/src/mkshortcut/mkshortcut.c src/cygutils-1.4.1/src/mkshortcut/mkshortcut.c
--- origsrc/cygutils-1.4.1/src/mkshortcut/mkshortcut.c	2009-05-07 00:00:20.000000000 +0100
+++ src/cygutils-1.4.1/src/mkshortcut/mkshortcut.c	2009-12-02 00:57:57.593750000 +0000
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ mkshortcut (optvals opts, poptContext op
       strncpy (desc, opts.desc_arg, MAX_PATH);
 
       /* There won't be a null terminated if strlen(desc_arg)>MAX_PATH */
-      desc[MAX_PATH] = '\0';
+      desc[MAX_PATH - 1] = '\0';
     }
   else
     {