diff --git a/gstreamer-audio/src/audio_buffer.rs b/gstreamer-audio/src/audio_buffer.rs
index 6982592de..fb9392b1e 100644
--- a/gstreamer-audio/src/audio_buffer.rs
+++ b/gstreamer-audio/src/audio_buffer.rs
@@ -341,6 +341,10 @@ impl<T> AudioBufferRef<T> {
             ));
         }
 
+        if self.plane_size() == 0 {
+            return Ok(&[]);
+        }
+
         unsafe {
             Ok(slice::from_raw_parts(
                 (*self.audio_buffer.planes.add(plane as usize)) as *const u8,
@@ -470,6 +474,10 @@ impl<'a> AudioBufferRef<&'a mut gst::BufferRef> {
             ));
         }
 
+        if self.plane_size() == 0 {
+            return Ok(&mut []);
+        }
+
         unsafe {
             Ok(slice::from_raw_parts_mut(
                 (*self.audio_buffer.planes.add(plane as usize)) as *mut u8,
diff --git a/gstreamer-audio/src/subclass/audio_sink.rs b/gstreamer-audio/src/subclass/audio_sink.rs
index bc9c5a0cf..cc9df23b5 100644
--- a/gstreamer-audio/src/subclass/audio_sink.rs
+++ b/gstreamer-audio/src/subclass/audio_sink.rs
@@ -294,7 +294,11 @@ unsafe extern "C" fn audiosink_write<T: AudioSinkImpl>(
     let instance = &*(ptr as *mut T::Instance);
     let imp = instance.imp();
     let wrap: Borrowed<AudioSink> = from_glib_borrow(ptr);
-    let data_slice = std::slice::from_raw_parts(data as *const u8, length as usize);
+    let data_slice = if length == 0 {
+        &[]
+    } else {
+        std::slice::from_raw_parts(data as *const u8, length as usize)
+    };
 
     gst::panic_to_error!(&wrap, imp.panicked(), -1, {
         imp.write(wrap.unsafe_cast_ref(), data_slice).unwrap_or(-1)
diff --git a/gstreamer-audio/src/subclass/audio_src.rs b/gstreamer-audio/src/subclass/audio_src.rs
index 7f0fcff36..5d640f7c3 100644
--- a/gstreamer-audio/src/subclass/audio_src.rs
+++ b/gstreamer-audio/src/subclass/audio_src.rs
@@ -311,7 +311,11 @@ unsafe extern "C" fn audiosrc_read<T: AudioSrcImpl>(
     let instance = &*(ptr as *mut T::Instance);
     let imp = instance.imp();
     let wrap: Borrowed<AudioSrc> = from_glib_borrow(ptr);
-    let data_slice = std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(data as *mut u8, length as usize);
+    let data_slice = if length == 0 {
+        &mut []
+    } else {
+        std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(data as *mut u8, length as usize)
+    };
 
     gst::panic_to_error!(&wrap, imp.panicked(), 0, {
         let (res, timestamp_res) = imp
diff --git a/gstreamer-rtp/src/rtp_buffer.rs b/gstreamer-rtp/src/rtp_buffer.rs
index 091600aab..e58c809e7 100644
--- a/gstreamer-rtp/src/rtp_buffer.rs
+++ b/gstreamer-rtp/src/rtp_buffer.rs
@@ -333,7 +333,11 @@ impl<'a, T> RTPBuffer<'a, T> {
                 &mut size,
             ));
             if result {
-                Some(slice::from_raw_parts(data as *const u8, size as usize))
+                if size == 0 {
+                    Some(&[])
+                } else {
+                    Some(slice::from_raw_parts(data as *const u8, size as usize))
+                }
             } else {
                 None
             }
@@ -358,10 +362,14 @@ impl<'a, T> RTPBuffer<'a, T> {
                 &mut size,
             ));
             if result {
-                Some((
-                    appbits,
-                    slice::from_raw_parts(data as *const u8, size as usize),
-                ))
+                if size == 0 {
+                    Some((appbits, &[]))
+                } else {
+                    Some((
+                        appbits,
+                        slice::from_raw_parts(data as *const u8, size as usize),
+                    ))
+                }
             } else {
                 None
             }
diff --git a/gstreamer-rtp/src/subclass/rtp_header_extension.rs b/gstreamer-rtp/src/subclass/rtp_header_extension.rs
index c439eac48..95e4eb6e8 100644
--- a/gstreamer-rtp/src/subclass/rtp_header_extension.rs
+++ b/gstreamer-rtp/src/subclass/rtp_header_extension.rs
@@ -386,7 +386,11 @@ unsafe extern "C" fn write<T: RTPHeaderExtensionImpl>(
             gst::BufferRef::from_ptr(input),
             from_glib(write_flags),
             gst::BufferRef::from_mut_ptr(output),
-            std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(output_data, output_data_len),
+            if output_data_len == 0 {
+                &mut []
+            } else {
+                std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(output_data, output_data_len)
+            },
         ) {
             Ok(len) => len as isize,
             Err(err) => {
@@ -412,7 +416,11 @@ unsafe extern "C" fn read<T: RTPHeaderExtensionImpl>(
         match imp.read(
             wrap.unsafe_cast_ref(),
             from_glib(read_flags),
-            std::slice::from_raw_parts(input_data, input_data_len),
+            if input_data_len == 0 {
+                &[]
+            } else {
+                std::slice::from_raw_parts(input_data, input_data_len)
+            },
             gst::BufferRef::from_mut_ptr(output),
         ) {
             Ok(_) => true,
diff --git a/gstreamer-video/src/video_frame.rs b/gstreamer-video/src/video_frame.rs
index c422267be..2c3298059 100644
--- a/gstreamer-video/src/video_frame.rs
+++ b/gstreamer-video/src/video_frame.rs
@@ -164,6 +164,10 @@ impl<T> VideoFrame<T> {
         // components in the plane is the same, which is probably safe
         let h = format_info.scale_height(plane as u8, self.height());
 
+        if w == 0 || h == 0 {
+            return Ok(&[]);
+        }
+
         unsafe {
             Ok(slice::from_raw_parts(
                 self.frame.data[plane as usize] as *const u8,
@@ -378,6 +382,10 @@ impl VideoFrame<Writable> {
         // components in the plane is the same, which is probably safe
         let h = format_info.scale_height(plane as u8, self.height());
 
+        if w == 0 || h == 0 {
+            return Ok(&mut []);
+        }
+
         unsafe {
             Ok(slice::from_raw_parts_mut(
                 self.frame.data[plane as usize] as *mut u8,
@@ -536,6 +544,10 @@ impl<T> VideoFrameRef<T> {
         // components in the plane is the same, which is probably safe
         let h = format_info.scale_height(plane as u8, self.height());
 
+        if w == 0 || h == 0 {
+            return Ok(&[]);
+        }
+
         unsafe {
             Ok(slice::from_raw_parts(
                 self.frame.data[plane as usize] as *const u8,
@@ -770,6 +782,10 @@ impl<'a> VideoFrameRef<&'a mut gst::BufferRef> {
         // components in the plane is the same, which is probably safe
         let h = format_info.scale_height(plane as u8, self.height());
 
+        if w == 0 || h == 0 {
+            return Ok(&mut []);
+        }
+
         unsafe {
             Ok(slice::from_raw_parts_mut(
                 self.frame.data[plane as usize] as *mut u8,
diff --git a/gstreamer-video/src/video_meta.rs b/gstreamer-video/src/video_meta.rs
index baed1f68a..2f290da6c 100644
--- a/gstreamer-video/src/video_meta.rs
+++ b/gstreamer-video/src/video_meta.rs
@@ -625,6 +625,9 @@ impl VideoCaptionMeta {
 
     #[doc(alias = "get_data")]
     pub fn data(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        if self.0.size == 0 {
+            return &[];
+        }
         unsafe {
             use std::slice;
 
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/buffer.rs b/gstreamer/src/buffer.rs
index ecb44d5ea..d0b4c77d6 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/buffer.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/buffer.rs
@@ -1055,12 +1055,18 @@ impl<'a, T> BufferMap<'a, T> {
     }
 
     pub fn as_slice(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        if self.map_info.size == 0 {
+            return &[];
+        }
         unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(self.map_info.data as *const u8, self.map_info.size) }
     }
 }
 
 impl<'a> BufferMap<'a, Writable> {
     pub fn as_mut_slice(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
+        if self.map_info.size == 0 {
+            return &mut [];
+        }
         unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts_mut(self.map_info.data as *mut u8, self.map_info.size) }
     }
 }
@@ -1118,6 +1124,9 @@ unsafe impl<'a, T> Sync for BufferMap<'a, T> {}
 
 impl<T> MappedBuffer<T> {
     pub fn as_slice(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        if self.map_info.size == 0 {
+            return &[];
+        }
         unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(self.map_info.data as *const u8, self.map_info.size) }
     }
 
@@ -1143,6 +1152,9 @@ impl<T> MappedBuffer<T> {
 
 impl MappedBuffer<Writable> {
     pub fn as_mut_slice(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
+        if self.map_info.size == 0 {
+            return &mut [];
+        }
         unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts_mut(self.map_info.data as *mut u8, self.map_info.size) }
     }
 }
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/memory.rs b/gstreamer/src/memory.rs
index affa8dd49..838e02388 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/memory.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/memory.rs
@@ -331,12 +331,18 @@ impl<'a, T> MemoryMap<'a, T> {
     }
 
     pub fn as_slice(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        if self.map_info.size == 0 {
+            return &[];
+        }
         unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(self.map_info.data as *const u8, self.map_info.size) }
     }
 }
 
 impl<'a> MemoryMap<'a, Writable> {
     pub fn as_mut_slice(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
+        if self.map_info.size == 0 {
+            return &mut [];
+        }
         unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts_mut(self.map_info.data as *mut u8, self.map_info.size) }
     }
 }
@@ -394,6 +400,9 @@ unsafe impl<'a, T> Sync for MemoryMap<'a, T> {}
 
 impl<T> MappedMemory<T> {
     pub fn as_slice(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        if self.map_info.size == 0 {
+            return &[];
+        }
         unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts(self.map_info.data as *const u8, self.map_info.size) }
     }
 
@@ -419,6 +428,9 @@ impl<T> MappedMemory<T> {
 
 impl MappedMemory<Writable> {
     pub fn as_mut_slice(&mut self) -> &mut [u8] {
+        if self.map_info.size == 0 {
+            return &mut [];
+        }
         unsafe { slice::from_raw_parts_mut(self.map_info.data as *mut u8, self.map_info.size) }
     }
 }
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/typefind.rs b/gstreamer/src/typefind.rs
index ab09b86ab..7e6300f69 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/typefind.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/typefind.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ impl TypeFind {
             let data = ffi::gst_type_find_peek(&mut self.0, offset, size);
             if data.is_null() {
                 None
+            } else if size == 0 {
+                Some(&[])
             } else {
                 Some(slice::from_raw_parts(data, size as usize))
             }
diff --git a/gstreamer/src/value.rs b/gstreamer/src/value.rs
index aed2cacd9..91b02475b 100644
--- a/gstreamer/src/value.rs
+++ b/gstreamer/src/value.rs
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ unsafe impl<'a> glib::value::FromValue<'a> for Array {
     unsafe fn from_value(value: &'a glib::Value) -> Self {
         skip_assert_initialized!();
         let arr = (*value.to_glib_none().0).data[0].v_pointer as *const glib::ffi::GArray;
-        if arr.is_null() {
+        if arr.is_null() || (*arr).len == 0 {
             Self(Vec::new())
         } else {
             #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ unsafe impl<'a> glib::value::FromValue<'a> for ArrayRef<'a> {
     unsafe fn from_value(value: &'a glib::Value) -> Self {
         skip_assert_initialized!();
         let arr = (*value.to_glib_none().0).data[0].v_pointer as *const glib::ffi::GArray;
-        if arr.is_null() {
+        if arr.is_null() || (*arr).len == 0 {
             Self(&[])
         } else {
             #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ unsafe impl<'a> glib::value::FromValue<'a> for List {
     unsafe fn from_value(value: &'a glib::Value) -> Self {
         skip_assert_initialized!();
         let arr = (*value.to_glib_none().0).data[0].v_pointer as *const glib::ffi::GArray;
-        if arr.is_null() {
+        if arr.is_null() || (*arr).len == 0 {
             Self(Vec::new())
         } else {
             #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ unsafe impl<'a> glib::value::FromValue<'a> for ListRef<'a> {
     unsafe fn from_value(value: &'a glib::Value) -> Self {
         skip_assert_initialized!();
         let arr = (*value.to_glib_none().0).data[0].v_pointer as *const glib::ffi::GArray;
-        if arr.is_null() {
+        if arr.is_null() || (*arr).len == 0 {
             Self(&[])
         } else {
             #[allow(clippy::cast_ptr_alignment)]