diff --git a/libavcodec/decode.c b/libavcodec/decode.c
index c44724d150..52bf5dcd33 100644
--- a/libavcodec/decode.c
+++ b/libavcodec/decode.c
@@ -1104,12 +1104,10 @@ int ff_get_format(AVCodecContext *avctx, const enum AVPixelFormat *fmt)
         avctx->sw_pix_fmt = fmt[n - 1];
     }
 
-    choices = av_malloc_array(n + 1, sizeof(*choices));
+    choices = av_memdup(fmt, (n + 1) * sizeof(*choices));
     if (!choices)
         return AV_PIX_FMT_NONE;
 
-    memcpy(choices, fmt, (n + 1) * sizeof(*choices));
-
     for (;;) {
         // Remove the previous hwaccel, if there was one.
         hwaccel_uninit(avctx);
diff --git a/libavcodec/dvbsubdec.c b/libavcodec/dvbsubdec.c
index d192f3251d..81ccaf4c57 100644
--- a/libavcodec/dvbsubdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/dvbsubdec.c
@@ -823,14 +823,12 @@ static int save_subtitle_set(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVSubtitle *sub, int *got_ou
             }
             memcpy(rect->data[1], clut_table, (1 << region->depth) * sizeof(*clut_table));
 
-            rect->data[0] = av_malloc(region->buf_size);
+            rect->data[0] = av_memdup(region->pbuf, region->buf_size);
             if (!rect->data[0]) {
                 ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
                 goto fail;
             }
 
-            memcpy(rect->data[0], region->pbuf, region->buf_size);
-
             if ((clut == &default_clut && ctx->compute_clut < 0) || ctx->compute_clut == 1) {
                 if (!region->has_computed_clut) {
                     compute_default_clut(ctx, region->computed_clut, rect, rect->w, rect->h);
@@ -1074,12 +1072,10 @@ static int dvbsub_parse_clut_segment(AVCodecContext *avctx,
     clut = get_clut(ctx, clut_id);
 
     if (!clut) {
-        clut = av_malloc(sizeof(*clut));
+        clut = av_memdup(&default_clut, sizeof(*clut));
         if (!clut)
             return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
 
-        memcpy(clut, &default_clut, sizeof(*clut));
-
         clut->id = clut_id;
         clut->version = -1;
 
diff --git a/libavcodec/g723_1enc.c b/libavcodec/g723_1enc.c
index 2b3cccee09..2a8149b4cd 100644
--- a/libavcodec/g723_1enc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/g723_1enc.c
@@ -1116,10 +1116,9 @@ static int g723_1_encode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVPacket *avpkt,
     HFParam hf[4];
 
     /* duplicate input */
-    start = in = av_malloc(frame->nb_samples * sizeof(int16_t));
+    start = in = av_memdup(frame->data[0], frame->nb_samples * sizeof(int16_t));
     if (!in)
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
-    memcpy(in, frame->data[0], frame->nb_samples * sizeof(int16_t));
 
     highpass_filter(in, &p->hpf_fir_mem, &p->hpf_iir_mem);
 
diff --git a/libavformat/hdsenc.c b/libavformat/hdsenc.c
index e5353bac65..64d9f1413d 100644
--- a/libavformat/hdsenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/hdsenc.c
@@ -93,19 +93,17 @@ static int parse_header(OutputStream *os, const uint8_t *buf, int buf_size)
             if (os->nb_extra_packets >= FF_ARRAY_ELEMS(os->extra_packets))
                 return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
             os->extra_packet_sizes[os->nb_extra_packets] = size;
-            os->extra_packets[os->nb_extra_packets] = av_malloc(size);
+            os->extra_packets[os->nb_extra_packets] = av_memdup(buf, size);
             if (!os->extra_packets[os->nb_extra_packets])
                 return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
-            memcpy(os->extra_packets[os->nb_extra_packets], buf, size);
             os->nb_extra_packets++;
         } else if (type == 0x12) {
             if (os->metadata)
                 return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
             os->metadata_size = size - 11 - 4;
-            os->metadata      = av_malloc(os->metadata_size);
+            os->metadata      = av_memdup(buf + 11, os->metadata_size);
             if (!os->metadata)
                 return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
-            memcpy(os->metadata, buf + 11, os->metadata_size);
         }
         buf      += size;
         buf_size -= size;
diff --git a/libavformat/mpegts.c b/libavformat/mpegts.c
index 36ab7ab3af..2479cb6f7d 100644
--- a/libavformat/mpegts.c
+++ b/libavformat/mpegts.c
@@ -938,10 +938,9 @@ static int mpegts_set_stream_info(AVStream *st, PESContext *pes,
             // audio track - add a second stream for this
             AVStream *sub_st;
             // priv_data cannot be shared between streams
-            PESContext *sub_pes = av_malloc(sizeof(*sub_pes));
+            PESContext *sub_pes = av_memdup(pes, sizeof(*sub_pes));
             if (!sub_pes)
                 return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
-            memcpy(sub_pes, pes, sizeof(*sub_pes));
 
             sub_st = avformat_new_stream(pes->stream, NULL);
             if (!sub_st) {
diff --git a/libavformat/oggparsevorbis.c b/libavformat/oggparsevorbis.c
index 77e8d301b2..e1ef510892 100644
--- a/libavformat/oggparsevorbis.c
+++ b/libavformat/oggparsevorbis.c
@@ -320,10 +320,9 @@ static int vorbis_header(AVFormatContext *s, int idx)
         return priv->vp ? 0 : AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
 
     priv->len[pkt_type >> 1]    = os->psize;
-    priv->packet[pkt_type >> 1] = av_mallocz(os->psize);
+    priv->packet[pkt_type >> 1] = av_memdup(os->buf + os->pstart, os->psize);
     if (!priv->packet[pkt_type >> 1])
         return AVERROR(ENOMEM);
-    memcpy(priv->packet[pkt_type >> 1], os->buf + os->pstart, os->psize);
     if (os->buf[os->pstart] == 1) {
         const uint8_t *p = os->buf + os->pstart + 7; /* skip "\001vorbis" tag */
         unsigned blocksize, bs0, bs1;
diff --git a/libavformat/rtsp.c b/libavformat/rtsp.c
index a1aa969cad..abd448246d 100644
--- a/libavformat/rtsp.c
+++ b/libavformat/rtsp.c
@@ -383,10 +383,9 @@ static void copy_default_source_addrs(struct RTSPSource **addrs, int count,
     int i;
     for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
         rtsp_src = addrs[i];
-        rtsp_src2 = av_malloc(sizeof(*rtsp_src2));
+        rtsp_src2 = av_memdup(rtsp_src, sizeof(*rtsp_src));
         if (!rtsp_src2)
             continue;
-        memcpy(rtsp_src2, rtsp_src, sizeof(*rtsp_src));
         dynarray_add(dest, dest_count, rtsp_src2);
     }
 }
diff --git a/libavutil/bprint.c b/libavutil/bprint.c
index a6849d7178..ea51d9b09c 100644
--- a/libavutil/bprint.c
+++ b/libavutil/bprint.c
@@ -244,10 +244,8 @@ int av_bprint_finalize(AVBPrint *buf, char **ret_str)
                 str = buf->str;
             buf->str = NULL;
         } else {
-            str = av_malloc(real_size);
-            if (str)
-                memcpy(str, buf->str, real_size);
-            else
+            str = av_memdup(buf->str, real_size);
+            if (!str)
                 ret = AVERROR(ENOMEM);
         }
         *ret_str = str;
