I have a C program which is required to call functions in a C library which I do not have the source codes. However, the library crashes my program due to some unknown exceptions, probably due to pointers errors, but they occur very rarely.

I was thinking of converting my C program to C++. This way, it will be possible to make use of the exception handling mechanisms of C++, such that my program will not crash when errors occur in the library again.

Can C++ programs use C libraries in the first place? How else can I prevent errors in the library from crashing my program???