diff --git a/native/Avalonia.Native/src/OSX/AvnString.mm b/native/Avalonia.Native/src/OSX/AvnString.mm
index 7b6f4c0a3e..b62fe8a968 100644
--- a/native/Avalonia.Native/src/OSX/AvnString.mm
+++ b/native/Avalonia.Native/src/OSX/AvnString.mm
@@ -18,14 +18,21 @@ public:
     FORWARD_IUNKNOWN()
     
     AvnStringImpl(NSString* string)
-    {
+    { 
         auto cstring = [string cStringUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
         _length = (int)[string lengthOfBytesUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
         
-        _cstring = (const char*)malloc(_length);
+        _cstring = (const char*)malloc(_length + 5);
+        
+        memset((void*)_cstring, 0, _length + 5);
         memcpy((void*)_cstring, (void*)cstring, _length);
     }
     
+    virtual ~AvnStringImpl()
+    {
+        free((void*)_cstring);
+    }
+    
     virtual HRESULT Pointer(void**retOut) override
     {
         @autoreleasepool