diff --git a/src/modulefinder/sentry_modulefinder_apple.c b/src/modulefinder/sentry_modulefinder_apple.c
index 77f9608e1..93957e0cb 100644
--- a/src/modulefinder/sentry_modulefinder_apple.c
+++ b/src/modulefinder/sentry_modulefinder_apple.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ remove_image(const struct mach_header *mh, intptr_t UNUSED(vmaddr_slide))
         goto done;
     }
 
-    char ref_addr[100];
+    char ref_addr[32];
     snprintf(ref_addr, sizeof(ref_addr), "0x%llx", (long long)info.dli_fbase);
     sentry_value_t new_modules = sentry_value_new_list();
 
diff --git a/src/modulefinder/sentry_modulefinder_linux.c b/src/modulefinder/sentry_modulefinder_linux.c
index 513c22165..9ba91e28d 100644
--- a/src/modulefinder/sentry_modulefinder_linux.c
+++ b/src/modulefinder/sentry_modulefinder_linux.c
@@ -435,25 +435,32 @@ load_modules(sentry_value_t modules)
         return;
     }
 
-    // just read the whole map at once, maybe do it line-by-line as a followup…
-    char buf[4096];
+    // Read the whole map at once. Doing it line-by-line would be a good
+    // followup.
     sentry_stringbuilder_t sb;
     sentry__stringbuilder_init(&sb);
     while (true) {
+        char *buf = sentry__stringbuilder_reserve(&sb, 4096);
+        if (!buf) {
+            sentry__stringbuilder_cleanup(&sb);
+            close(fd);
+            return;
+        }
         ssize_t n = read(fd, buf, 4096);
         if (n < 0 && (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR)) {
             continue;
         } else if (n <= 0) {
             break;
         }
-        if (sentry__stringbuilder_append_buf(&sb, buf, n)) {
-            sentry__stringbuilder_cleanup(&sb);
-            close(fd);
-            return;
-        }
+        sentry__stringbuilder_set_len(&sb, sentry__stringbuilder_len(&sb) + n);
     }
     close(fd);
 
+    // ensure the buffer is zero terminated
+    if (sentry__stringbuilder_append(&sb, "")) {
+        sentry__stringbuilder_cleanup(&sb);
+        return;
+    }
     char *contents = sentry__stringbuilder_into_string(&sb);
     if (!contents) {
         return;
diff --git a/src/sentry_json.c b/src/sentry_json.c
index 378725e45..316868256 100644
--- a/src/sentry_json.c
+++ b/src/sentry_json.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ void
 sentry__jsonwriter_write_double(sentry_jsonwriter_t *jw, double val)
 {
     if (can_write_item(jw)) {
-        char buf[50];
+        char buf[24];
         // The MAX_SAFE_INTEGER is 9007199254740991, which has 16 digits
         int written = sentry__snprintf_c(buf, sizeof(buf), "%.16g", val);
         // print `null` if we have printf issues or a non-finite double, which
diff --git a/src/sentry_os.c b/src/sentry_os.c
index c4479bc65..977261eba 100644
--- a/src/sentry_os.c
+++ b/src/sentry_os.c
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ sentry__get_os_context(void)
     }
     ffi->dwFileFlags &= ffi->dwFileFlagsMask;
 
-    char buf[100];
+    char buf[32];
     snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "%u.%u.%u", ffi->dwFileVersionMS >> 16,
         ffi->dwFileVersionMS & 0xffff, ffi->dwFileVersionLS >> 16);
 
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ sentry__get_os_context(void)
 
     sentry_value_set_by_key(os, "name", sentry_value_new_string("macOS"));
 
-    char buf[100];
+    char buf[32];
     size_t buf_len = sizeof(buf);
 
     if (sysctlbyname("kern.osproductversion", buf, &buf_len, NULL, 0) != 0) {
diff --git a/src/sentry_string.c b/src/sentry_string.c
index a13eacc96..a1581c752 100644
--- a/src/sentry_string.c
+++ b/src/sentry_string.c
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ sentry__stringbuilder_init(sentry_stringbuilder_t *sb)
     sb->len = 0;
 }
 
-static int
-append(sentry_stringbuilder_t *sb, const char *s, size_t len)
+char *
+sentry__stringbuilder_reserve(sentry_stringbuilder_t *sb, size_t len)
 {
-    size_t needed = sb->len + len + 1;
+    size_t needed = sb->len + len;
     if (!sb->buf || needed > sb->allocated) {
         size_t new_alloc_size = sb->allocated;
         if (new_alloc_size == 0) {
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ append(sentry_stringbuilder_t *sb, const char *s, size_t len)
         }
         char *new_buf = sentry_malloc(new_alloc_size);
         if (!new_buf) {
-            return 1;
+            return NULL;
         }
         if (sb->buf) {
             memcpy(new_buf, sb->buf, sb->allocated);
@@ -36,7 +36,17 @@ append(sentry_stringbuilder_t *sb, const char *s, size_t len)
         sb->buf = new_buf;
         sb->allocated = new_alloc_size;
     }
-    memcpy(sb->buf + sb->len, s, len);
+    return &sb->buf[sb->len];
+}
+
+static int
+append(sentry_stringbuilder_t *sb, const char *s, size_t len)
+{
+    char *buf = sentry__stringbuilder_reserve(sb, len + 1);
+    if (!buf) {
+        return 1;
+    }
+    memcpy(buf, s, len);
     sb->len += len;
 
     // make sure we're always zero terminated
@@ -105,6 +115,12 @@ sentry__stringbuilder_len(const sentry_stringbuilder_t *sb)
     return sb->len;
 }
 
+void
+sentry__stringbuilder_set_len(sentry_stringbuilder_t *sb, size_t len)
+{
+    sb->len = len;
+}
+
 char *
 sentry__string_clone(const char *str)
 {
diff --git a/src/sentry_string.h b/src/sentry_string.h
index c537b5e3e..feeff3678 100644
--- a/src/sentry_string.h
+++ b/src/sentry_string.h
@@ -73,6 +73,18 @@ void sentry__stringbuilder_cleanup(sentry_stringbuilder_t *sb);
  */
 size_t sentry__stringbuilder_len(const sentry_stringbuilder_t *sb);
 
+/**
+ * Resizes the stringbuilder buffer to make sure there is at least `len` bytes
+ * available at the end, and returns a pointer *to the reservation*.
+ */
+char *sentry__stringbuilder_reserve(sentry_stringbuilder_t *sb, size_t len);
+
+/**
+ * Sets the number of used bytes in the string builder, to be used together with
+ * `sentry__stringbuilder_reserve` to avoid copying from an intermediate buffer.
+ */
+void sentry__stringbuilder_set_len(sentry_stringbuilder_t *sb, size_t len);
+
 /**
  * Duplicates a zero terminated string.
  */
diff --git a/src/sentry_utils.c b/src/sentry_utils.c
index 88b1b6a30..8e3300871 100644
--- a/src/sentry_utils.c
+++ b/src/sentry_utils.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ sentry__dsn_get_minidump_url(const sentry_dsn_t *dsn)
 char *
 sentry__msec_time_to_iso8601(uint64_t time)
 {
-    char buf[255];
+    char buf[64];
     size_t buf_len = sizeof(buf);
     time_t secs = time / 1000;
     struct tm *tm;
diff --git a/src/sentry_value.c b/src/sentry_value.c
index 7a14a980f..668f0dc1e 100644
--- a/src/sentry_value.c
+++ b/src/sentry_value.c
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ sentry__value_stringify(sentry_value_t value)
     case SENTRY_VALUE_TYPE_STRING:
         return sentry__string_clone(sentry_value_as_string(value));
     default: {
-        char buf[50];
+        char buf[24];
         size_t written = (size_t)sentry__snprintf_c(
             buf, sizeof(buf), "%g", sentry_value_as_double(value));
         if (written >= sizeof(buf)) {
@@ -934,7 +934,7 @@ sentry__value_new_string_from_wstr(const wchar_t *s)
 sentry_value_t
 sentry__value_new_addr(uint64_t addr)
 {
-    char buf[100];
+    char buf[32];
     size_t written = (size_t)snprintf(
         buf, sizeof(buf), "0x%llx", (unsigned long long)addr);
     if (written >= sizeof(buf)) {