diff --git a/cmake/FindSSE.cmake b/cmake/FindSSE.cmake
index e1c58fbc9..0f1483487 100644
--- a/cmake/FindSSE.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindSSE.cmake
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 IF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
    EXEC_PROGRAM(cat ARGS "/proc/cpuinfo" OUTPUT_VARIABLE CPUINFO)
 
-   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(sse2).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE ${CPUINFO})
+   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(sse2).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE "${CPUINFO}")
    STRING(COMPARE EQUAL "sse2" "${SSE_THERE}" SSE2_TRUE)
    IF (SSE2_TRUE)
       set(SSE2_FOUND true CACHE BOOL "SSE2 available on host")
@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ IF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
    ENDIF (SSE2_TRUE)
 
    # /proc/cpuinfo apparently omits sse3 :(
-   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*[^s](sse3).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE ${CPUINFO})
+   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*[^s](sse3).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE "${CPUINFO}")
    STRING(COMPARE EQUAL "sse3" "${SSE_THERE}" SSE3_TRUE)
    IF (NOT SSE3_TRUE)
-      STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(T2300).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE ${CPUINFO})
+      STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(T2300).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE "${CPUINFO}")
       STRING(COMPARE EQUAL "T2300" "${SSE_THERE}" SSE3_TRUE)
    ENDIF (NOT SSE3_TRUE)
 
-   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(ssse3).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE ${CPUINFO})
+   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(ssse3).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE "${CPUINFO}")
    STRING(COMPARE EQUAL "ssse3" "${SSE_THERE}" SSSE3_TRUE)
    IF (SSE3_TRUE OR SSSE3_TRUE)
       set(SSE3_FOUND true CACHE BOOL "SSE3 available on host")
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ IF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
       set(SSSE3_FOUND false CACHE BOOL "SSSE3 available on host")
    ENDIF (SSSE3_TRUE)
 
-   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(sse4_1).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE ${CPUINFO})
+   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(sse4_1).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE "${CPUINFO}")
    STRING(COMPARE EQUAL "sse4_1" "${SSE_THERE}" SSE41_TRUE)
    IF (SSE41_TRUE)
       set(SSE4_1_FOUND true CACHE BOOL "SSE4.1 available on host")
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ IF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
       set(SSE4_1_FOUND false CACHE BOOL "SSE4.1 available on host")
    ENDIF (SSE41_TRUE)
 
-   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(sse4_2).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE ${CPUINFO})
+   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(sse4_2).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE "${CPUINFO}")
    STRING(COMPARE EQUAL "sse4_2" "${SSE_THERE}" SSE42_TRUE)
    IF (SSE42_TRUE)
       set(SSE4_2_FOUND true CACHE BOOL "SSE4.2 available on host")
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ IF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
       set(SSE4_2_FOUND false CACHE BOOL "SSE4.2 available on host")
    ENDIF (SSE42_TRUE)
 
-   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(avx).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE ${CPUINFO})
+   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(avx).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE "${CPUINFO}")
    STRING(COMPARE EQUAL "avx" "${SSE_THERE}" AVX_TRUE)
    IF (AVX_TRUE)
       set(AVX_FOUND true CACHE BOOL "AVX available on host")
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ IF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
       set(AVX_FOUND false CACHE BOOL "AVX available on host")
    ENDIF (AVX_TRUE)
 
-   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(avx2).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE ${CPUINFO})
+   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(avx2).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE "${CPUINFO}")
    STRING(COMPARE EQUAL "avx2" "${SSE_THERE}" AVX2_TRUE)
    IF (AVX2_TRUE)
       set(AVX2_FOUND true CACHE BOOL "AVX2 available on host")
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ IF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
       set(AVX2_FOUND false CACHE BOOL "AVX2 available on host")
    ENDIF (AVX2_TRUE)
 
-   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(avx512).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE ${CPUINFO})
+   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(avx512).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE "${CPUINFO}")
    STRING(COMPARE EQUAL "avx512" "${SSE_THERE}" AVX512_TRUE)
    IF (AVX512_TRUE)
       set(AVX512_FOUND true CACHE BOOL "AVX512 available on host")
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ IF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
 ELSEIF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin")
    EXEC_PROGRAM("/usr/sbin/sysctl -n machdep.cpu.features machdep.cpu.leaf7_features" OUTPUT_VARIABLE CPUINFO)
 
-   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*[^S](SSE2).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE ${CPUINFO})
+   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*[^S](SSE2).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE "${CPUINFO}")
    STRING(COMPARE EQUAL "SSE2" "${SSE_THERE}" SSE2_TRUE)
    IF (SSE2_TRUE)
       set(SSE2_FOUND true CACHE BOOL "SSE2 available on host")
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ ELSEIF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin")
       set(SSE2_FOUND false CACHE BOOL "SSE2 available on host")
    ENDIF (SSE2_TRUE)
 
-   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*[^S](SSE3).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE ${CPUINFO})
+   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*[^S](SSE3).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE "${CPUINFO}")
    STRING(COMPARE EQUAL "SSE3" "${SSE_THERE}" SSE3_TRUE)
    IF (SSE3_TRUE)
       set(SSE3_FOUND true CACHE BOOL "SSE3 available on host")
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ ELSEIF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin")
       set(SSSE3_FOUND false CACHE BOOL "SSSE3 available on host")
    ENDIF (SSSE3_TRUE)
 
-   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(SSE4.1).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE ${CPUINFO})
+   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(SSE4.1).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE "${CPUINFO}")
    STRING(COMPARE EQUAL "SSE4.1" "${SSE_THERE}" SSE41_TRUE)
    IF (SSE41_TRUE)
       set(SSE4_1_FOUND true CACHE BOOL "SSE4.1 available on host")
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ ELSEIF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin")
       set(SSE4_1_FOUND false CACHE BOOL "SSE4.1 available on host")
    ENDIF (SSE41_TRUE)
 
-   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(AVX).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE ${CPUINFO})
+   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(AVX).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE "${CPUINFO}")
    STRING(COMPARE EQUAL "AVX" "${SSE_THERE}" AVX_TRUE)
    IF (AVX_TRUE)
       set(AVX_FOUND true CACHE BOOL "AVX available on host")
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ ELSEIF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin")
       set(AVX_FOUND false CACHE BOOL "AVX available on host")
    ENDIF (AVX_TRUE)
 
-   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(AVX2).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE ${CPUINFO})
+   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(AVX2).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE "${CPUINFO}")
    STRING(COMPARE EQUAL "AVX2" "${SSE_THERE}" AVX2_TRUE)
    IF (AVX2_TRUE)
       set(AVX2_FOUND true CACHE BOOL "AVX2 available on host")
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ ELSEIF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Darwin")
       set(AVX2_FOUND false CACHE BOOL "AVX2 available on host")
    ENDIF (AVX2_TRUE)
 
-   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(avx512).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE ${CPUINFO})
+   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "^.*(avx512).*$" "\\1" SSE_THERE "${CPUINFO}")
    STRING(COMPARE EQUAL "avx512" "${SSE_THERE}" AVX512_TRUE)
    IF (AVX512_TRUE)
       set(AVX512_FOUND true CACHE BOOL "AVX512 available on host")