static size_t tokenize_command(char *command, token_t *tokens, const size_t max_tokens) {
    char *s, *e;
    size_t ntokens = 0;

    assert(command != NULL && tokens != NULL && max_tokens > 1);

    for (s = e = command; ntokens < max_tokens - 1; ++e) {
        if (*e == ' ') {
            if (s != e) {
                tokens[ntokens].value = s;
                tokens[ntokens].length = e - s;
                ntokens++;
                *e = '\0';
            }
            s = e + 1;
        }
        else if (*e == '\0') {
            if (s != e) {
                tokens[ntokens].value = s;
                tokens[ntokens].length = e - s;
                ntokens++;
            }

            break; /* string end */
        }
    }

    /*
     * If we scanned the whole string, the terminal value pointer is null,
     * otherwise it is the first unprocessed character.
     */
    tokens[ntokens].value =  *e == '\0' ? NULL : e;
    tokens[ntokens].length = 0;
    ntokens++;

    return ntokens;
}

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.