diff --git a/Core/Util/GameDB.cpp b/Core/Util/GameDB.cpp
index 538ca9205fdc..ad1879f8bbfe 100644
--- a/Core/Util/GameDB.cpp
+++ b/Core/Util/GameDB.cpp
@@ -127,14 +127,17 @@ bool GameDB::GetGameInfos(std::string_view id, std::vector<GameDBInfo> *infos) {
 	}
 	
 	for (auto &line : lines_) {
-		for (auto serial : line.serials) {
+		for (auto &serial : line.serials) {
 			// Ignore version and stuff for now
 			if (IDMatches(id, serial)) {
 				GameDBInfo info;
-				if (1 != sscanf(line.crc.data(), "%08x", &info.crc)) {
+				// zero-terminate before sscanf
+				std::string crc(line.crc);
+				if (1 != sscanf(crc.c_str(), "%08x", &info.crc)) {
 					continue;
 				}
-				if (1 != sscanf(line.size.data(), "%llu", (long long *)&info.size)) {
+				std::string size(line.size);
+				if (1 != sscanf(size.c_str(), "%llu", (long long *)&info.size)) {
 					continue;
 				}
 				info.title = line.title;
@@ -143,5 +146,6 @@ bool GameDB::GetGameInfos(std::string_view id, std::vector<GameDBInfo> *infos) {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
 	return !infos->empty();
 }
diff --git a/UI/GameScreen.cpp b/UI/GameScreen.cpp
index f9fcdce60750..dd30045715c3 100644
--- a/UI/GameScreen.cpp
+++ b/UI/GameScreen.cpp
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ ScreenRenderFlags GameScreen::render(ScreenRenderMode mode) {
 
 		// Let's check the CRC in the game database, looking up the ID and also matching the crc.
 		std::vector<GameDBInfo> dbInfos;
-		if (tvVerified_ && g_gameDB.GetGameInfos(info->id_version, &dbInfos)) {
+		if (tvVerified_ && !info->id_version.empty() && g_gameDB.GetGameInfos(info->id_version, &dbInfos)) {
 			bool found = false;
 			for (auto &dbInfo : dbInfos) {
 				if (dbInfo.crc == crcVal) {
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ ScreenRenderFlags GameScreen::render(ScreenRenderMode mode) {
 		GameDBInfo dbInfo;
 		if (tvVerified_) {
 			std::vector<GameDBInfo> dbInfos;
-			if (!g_gameDB.GetGameInfos(info->id_version, &dbInfos)) {
+			if (!info->id_version.empty() && !g_gameDB.GetGameInfos(info->id_version, &dbInfos)) {
 				// tvVerified_->SetText(ga->T("Game ID unknown - not in the ReDump database"));
 				// tvVerified_->SetVisibility(UI::V_VISIBLE);
 				// tvVerified_->SetLevel(NoticeLevel::WARN);