diff --git a/libs/utils/src/Path.cpp b/libs/utils/src/Path.cpp
index 69fe2ea2b5..e31fa3469d 100644
--- a/libs/utils/src/Path.cpp
+++ b/libs/utils/src/Path.cpp
@@ -70,7 +70,8 @@ bool Path::isDirectory() const {
 Path Path::concat(const Path& path) const {
     if (path.isEmpty()) return *this;
     if (path.isAbsolute()) return path;
-    if (m_path.back() != SEPARATOR && !m_path.empty()) {
+    // std::string::back() is UB if the string is empty, so we rely on short-circuit evaluation
+    if (!m_path.empty() && m_path.back() != SEPARATOR) {
         return Path(m_path + SEPARATOR + path.getPath());
     }
     return Path(m_path + path.getPath());
@@ -80,7 +81,8 @@ void Path::concatToSelf(const Path& path)  {
     if (!path.isEmpty()) {
         if (path.isAbsolute()) {
             m_path = path.getPath();
-        } else if (m_path.back() != SEPARATOR) {
+        // std::string::back() is UB if the string is empty, so we rely on short-circuit evaluation
+        } else if (!m_path.empty() && m_path.back() != SEPARATOR) {
             m_path = getCanonicalPath(m_path + SEPARATOR + path.getPath());
         } else {
             m_path = getCanonicalPath(m_path + path.getPath());
diff --git a/libs/utils/test/test_WinPath.cpp b/libs/utils/test/test_WinPath.cpp
index 8478ce548b..954e067e20 100644
--- a/libs/utils/test/test_WinPath.cpp
+++ b/libs/utils/test/test_WinPath.cpp
@@ -173,6 +173,14 @@ TEST(WinPathTest, Concatenate) {
     // Unix-style separators work too
     r = root.concat("out/bin/foo/bar");
     EXPECT_EQ("C:\\Volumes\\Replicant\\blue\\out\\bin\\foo\\bar", r.getPath());
+
+    r = "";
+    r = r.concat("foo\\bar");
+    EXPECT_EQ("foo\\bar", r.getPath());
+
+    r = "";
+    r.concatToSelf("foo\\bar");
+    EXPECT_EQ("foo\\bar", r.getPath());
 }
 
 TEST(PathTest, GetParent) {
diff --git a/libs/utils/test/test_sstream.cpp b/libs/utils/test/test_sstream.cpp
index a0870c0d9f..b9167ea31c 100644
--- a/libs/utils/test/test_sstream.cpp
+++ b/libs/utils/test/test_sstream.cpp
@@ -96,11 +96,6 @@ TEST(sstream, Formatting) {
         ss << (bool) true;
         EXPECT_STREQ("1", ss.c_str());
     }
-    {
-        sstream ss;
-        ss << (const void *) 0x12345678;
-        EXPECT_STREQ("0x12345678", ss.c_str());
-    }
     {
         sstream ss;
         ss << (const char *) "hello";