There have been things done to try to fix that, see "strcpy_s" and other related functions. Visual Studio even considers use of the classic string functions (like "strcpy") to be a compiler error. You need to define a specific macro before you are allowed to use them.
The much dreaded Annex K functions are perhaps the worst possible example of an attempt at "fixing" anything safety related in C. A waste of ink.
Really fix, not mitigations with their own gotchas.