diff --git a/db/internal_stats.cc b/db/internal_stats.cc
index 87ed9c60f071d39227fd760e523912b2af1b65fe..7537abdd2205448f2b4e55d34ad3d51817d69645 100644
--- a/db/internal_stats.cc
+++ b/db/internal_stats.cc
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ void PrintLevelStatsHeader(char* buf, size_t len, const std::string& cf_name,
                            const std::string& group_by) {
   int written_size =
       snprintf(buf, len, "\n** Compaction Stats [%s] **\n", cf_name.c_str());
+  written_size = std::min(written_size, static_cast<int>(len));
   auto hdr = [](LevelStatType t) {
     return InternalStats::compaction_level_stats.at(t).header_name.c_str();
   };
@@ -80,6 +81,7 @@ void PrintLevelStatsHeader(char* buf, size_t len, const std::string& cf_name,
       hdr(LevelStatType::KEY_DROP));
 
   written_size += line_size;
+  written_size = std::min(written_size, static_cast<int>(len));
   snprintf(buf + written_size, len - written_size, "%s\n",
            std::string(line_size, '-').c_str());
 }
diff --git a/utilities/backupable/backupable_db.cc b/utilities/backupable/backupable_db.cc
index 2d21234c188c35cc556b22f6cf693768616afe1e..885038d1e484db7a0078ef64d1d4ec0e7e03e6d9 100644
--- a/utilities/backupable/backupable_db.cc
+++ b/utilities/backupable/backupable_db.cc
@@ -2245,70 +2245,25 @@ Status BackupEngineImpl::BackupMeta::StoreToFile(bool sync) {
     return s;
   }
 
-  std::unique_ptr<char[]> buf(new char[max_backup_meta_file_size_]);
-  size_t len = 0, buf_size = max_backup_meta_file_size_;
-  len += snprintf(buf.get(), buf_size, "%" PRId64 "\n", timestamp_);
-  len += snprintf(buf.get() + len, buf_size - len, "%" PRIu64 "\n",
-                  sequence_number_);
+  std::ostringstream buf;
+  buf << timestamp_ << "\n";
+  buf << sequence_number_ << "\n";
+
   if (!app_metadata_.empty()) {
     std::string hex_encoded_metadata =
         Slice(app_metadata_).ToString(/* hex */ true);
-
-    // +1 to accommodate newline character
-    size_t hex_meta_strlen =
-        kMetaDataPrefix.ToString().length() + hex_encoded_metadata.length() + 1;
-    if (hex_meta_strlen >= buf_size) {
-      return Status::Corruption("Buffer too small to fit backup metadata");
-    }
-    else if (len + hex_meta_strlen >= buf_size) {
-      backup_meta_file->Append(Slice(buf.get(), len));
-      buf.reset();
-      std::unique_ptr<char[]> new_reset_buf(
-          new char[max_backup_meta_file_size_]);
-      buf.swap(new_reset_buf);
-      len = 0;
-    }
-    len += snprintf(buf.get() + len, buf_size - len, "%s%s\n",
-                    kMetaDataPrefix.ToString().c_str(),
-                    hex_encoded_metadata.c_str());
-  }
-
-  char writelen_temp[19];
-  if (len + snprintf(writelen_temp, sizeof(writelen_temp),
-                     "%" ROCKSDB_PRIszt "\n", files_.size()) >= buf_size) {
-    backup_meta_file->Append(Slice(buf.get(), len));
-    buf.reset();
-    std::unique_ptr<char[]> new_reset_buf(new char[max_backup_meta_file_size_]);
-    buf.swap(new_reset_buf);
-    len = 0;
-  }
-  {
-    const char *const_write = writelen_temp;
-    len += snprintf(buf.get() + len, buf_size - len, "%s", const_write);
+    buf << kMetaDataPrefix.ToString() << hex_encoded_metadata << "\n";
   }
+  buf << files_.size() << "\n";
 
   for (const auto& file : files_) {
     // use crc32c for now, switch to something else if needed
     // WART: The checksums are crc32c, not original crc32
-
-    size_t newlen =
-        len + file->filename.length() +
-        snprintf(writelen_temp, sizeof(writelen_temp), " crc32 %u\n",
-                 ChecksumHexToInt32(file->checksum_hex));
-    const char* const_write = writelen_temp;
-    if (newlen >= buf_size) {
-      backup_meta_file->Append(Slice(buf.get(), len));
-      buf.reset();
-      std::unique_ptr<char[]> new_reset_buf(
-          new char[max_backup_meta_file_size_]);
-      buf.swap(new_reset_buf);
-      len = 0;
-    }
-    len += snprintf(buf.get() + len, buf_size - len, "%s%s",
-                    file->filename.c_str(), const_write);
+    buf << file->filename << " crc32 " << ChecksumHexToInt32(file->checksum_hex)
+        << "\n";
   }
 
-  s = backup_meta_file->Append(Slice(buf.get(), len));
+  s = backup_meta_file->Append(Slice(buf.str()));
   if (s.ok() && sync) {
     s = backup_meta_file->Sync();
   }
diff --git a/utilities/blob_db/blob_db_impl.cc b/utilities/blob_db/blob_db_impl.cc
index 6f904f22b325cfbd8133341c62f9431418d5b755..d8e77316e3005dc14be3e1ea157b417034d2d731 100644
--- a/utilities/blob_db/blob_db_impl.cc
+++ b/utilities/blob_db/blob_db_impl.cc
@@ -1686,35 +1686,30 @@ std::pair<bool, int64_t> BlobDBImpl::SanityCheck(bool aborted) {
 
   for (auto blob_file_pair : blob_files_) {
     auto blob_file = blob_file_pair.second;
-    char buf[1000];
-    int pos = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
-                       "Blob file %" PRIu64 ", size %" PRIu64
-                       ", blob count %" PRIu64 ", immutable %d",
-                       blob_file->BlobFileNumber(), blob_file->GetFileSize(),
-                       blob_file->BlobCount(), blob_file->Immutable());
+    std::ostringstream buf;
+
+    buf << "Blob file " << blob_file->BlobFileNumber() << ", size "
+        << blob_file->GetFileSize() << ", blob count " << blob_file->BlobCount()
+        << ", immutable " << blob_file->Immutable();
+
     if (blob_file->HasTTL()) {
       ExpirationRange expiration_range;
-
       {
         ReadLock file_lock(&blob_file->mutex_);
         expiration_range = blob_file->GetExpirationRange();
       }
+      buf << ", expiration range (" << expiration_range.first << ", "
+          << expiration_range.second << ")";
 
-      pos += snprintf(buf + pos, sizeof(buf) - pos,
-                      ", expiration range (%" PRIu64 ", %" PRIu64 ")",
-                      expiration_range.first, expiration_range.second);
       if (!blob_file->Obsolete()) {
-        pos += snprintf(buf + pos, sizeof(buf) - pos,
-                        ", expire in %" PRIu64 " seconds",
-                        expiration_range.second - now);
+        buf << ", expire in " << (expiration_range.second - now) << "seconds";
       }
     }
     if (blob_file->Obsolete()) {
-      pos += snprintf(buf + pos, sizeof(buf) - pos, ", obsolete at %" PRIu64,
-                      blob_file->GetObsoleteSequence());
+      buf << ", obsolete at " << blob_file->GetObsoleteSequence();
     }
-    snprintf(buf + pos, sizeof(buf) - pos, ".");
-    ROCKS_LOG_INFO(db_options_.info_log, "%s", buf);
+    buf << ".";
+    ROCKS_LOG_INFO(db_options_.info_log, "%s", buf.str().c_str());
   }
 
   // reschedule