diff --git a/src/interfaces/csharp_modular/swig_typemaps.i b/src/interfaces/csharp_modular/swig_typemaps.i
index aaa8b282f80..7a38476ba1d 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/csharp_modular/swig_typemaps.i
+++ b/src/interfaces/csharp_modular/swig_typemaps.i
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ TYPEMAP_SGMATRIX(float64_t, double, double)
 
 		if (len >0) {
 			strings[i].string = SG_MALLOC(SGTYPE, len);
-			memcpy(strings[i].string, array, len * sizeof(SGTYPE));
+			sg_memcpy(strings[i].string, array, len * sizeof(SGTYPE));
 		}
 		array = array + len;
 	}
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ TYPEMAP_SGMATRIX(float64_t, double, double)
 	res = res + 2;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < rows; i++) {
-		memcpy(res, str[i].string, str[i].slen * sizeof(SGTYPE));
+		sg_memcpy(res, str[i].string, str[i].slen * sizeof(SGTYPE));
 		res = res + cols;
 		SG_FREE(str[i].string);
 	}
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ TYPEMAP_STRINGFEATURES(float64_t, double, double)
 
 		if (len > 0) {
 			strings[i].string = SG_MALLOC(char, len);
-			memcpy(strings[i].string, str, len);
+			sg_memcpy(strings[i].string, str, len);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ TYPEMAP_STRINGFEATURES(float64_t, double, double)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
 		res[i + 1] = SG_MALLOC(char, str[i].slen);
-		memcpy(res[i + 1], str[i].string, str[i].slen * sizeof(char));
+		sg_memcpy(res[i + 1], str[i].string, str[i].slen * sizeof(char));
 	}
 	$result = res;
 }
diff --git a/src/interfaces/java_modular/swig_typemaps.i b/src/interfaces/java_modular/swig_typemaps.i
index 48543306456..9af2c91e8ea 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/java_modular/swig_typemaps.i
+++ b/src/interfaces/java_modular/swig_typemaps.i
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ TYPEMAP_SGMATRIX(float64_t, double, Double, jdouble, "toDoubleArray", "()[[D", "
 
 		if (len >0) {
 			strings[i].string = SG_MALLOC(SGTYPE, len);
-			memcpy(strings[i].string, jarr, len * sizeof(SGTYPE));
+			sg_memcpy(strings[i].string, jarr, len * sizeof(SGTYPE));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ TYPEMAP_SGMATRIX(float64_t, double, Double, jdouble, "toDoubleArray", "()[[D", "
 
 	for (i = 0; i < num; i++) {
 		SGTYPE* data = SG_MALLOC(SGTYPE, str[i].slen);
-		memcpy(data, str[i].string, str[i].slen * sizeof(SGTYPE));
+		sg_memcpy(data, str[i].string, str[i].slen * sizeof(SGTYPE));
 
 		##JNITYPE##Array jarr = (##JNITYPE##Array)JCALL1(New##JAVATYPE##Array, jenv, str[i].slen);
 
@@ -756,7 +756,7 @@ TYPEMAP_STRINGFEATURES(float64_t, double, Double, jdouble, "Doulbe[][]", "[[D")
 
 		if (len > 0) {
 			strings[i].string = SG_MALLOC(char, len);
-			memcpy(strings[i].string, str, len);
+			sg_memcpy(strings[i].string, str, len);
 		}
 		JCALL2(ReleaseStringUTFChars, jenv, jstr, str);
 	}
diff --git a/src/interfaces/lua_modular/swig_typemaps.i b/src/interfaces/lua_modular/swig_typemaps.i
index 967cf4a820f..c8162ec5d25 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/lua_modular/swig_typemaps.i
+++ b/src/interfaces/lua_modular/swig_typemaps.i
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ TYPEMAP_SGMATRIX(float64_t)
 
             if (len > 0) {
                 strings[i].string = SG_MALLOC(SGTYPE, len+1);
-                memcpy(strings[i].string, str, len);
+                sg_memcpy(strings[i].string, str, len);
                 strings[i].string[len]='\0';
             }
         }
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ TYPEMAP_SGMATRIX(float64_t)
 
             if (len > 0) {
                 strings[i].string = SG_MALLOC(SGTYPE, len);
-                memcpy(strings[i].string, arr, len * sizeof(SGTYPE));
+                sg_memcpy(strings[i].string, arr, len * sizeof(SGTYPE));
             }
 
         }
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ TYPEMAP_SGMATRIX(float64_t)
         }
         else {
             SGTYPE* data = SG_MALLOC(SGTYPE, str[i].slen);
-            memcpy(data, str[i].string, str[i].slen * sizeof(SGTYPE));
+            sg_memcpy(data, str[i].string, str[i].slen * sizeof(SGTYPE));
 
             lua_newtable(L);
             for (j = 0; j < str[i].slen; j++) {
diff --git a/src/interfaces/modular/abstract_types_extension.i b/src/interfaces/modular/abstract_types_extension.i
index 792065e026f..cfb435c3df2 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/modular/abstract_types_extension.i
+++ b/src/interfaces/modular/abstract_types_extension.i
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@
 	  {
 	    CHOGFeatures* hf = (CHOGFeatures*) m_features->get_sample(i);
 	    CBoundingBox* bb = (CBoundingBox*) m_labels->get_latent_label(i);
-	    memcpy(psi_m.matrix+i*dim, hf->hog[bb->x_pos][bb->y_pos], dim*sizeof(float64_t));
+	    sg_memcpy(psi_m.matrix+i*dim, hf->hog[bb->x_pos][bb->y_pos], dim*sizeof(float64_t));
 	  }
 	CDenseFeatures<float64_t>* psi_feats = new CDenseFeatures<float64_t>(psi_m);
 	return psi_feats;
diff --git a/src/interfaces/perl_modular/swig_typemaps.i b/src/interfaces/perl_modular/swig_typemaps.i
index 52928a477e8..ba1203208c6 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/perl_modular/swig_typemaps.i
+++ b/src/interfaces/perl_modular/swig_typemaps.i
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
                 PDL->destroy(it);
                 return false;
             }
-            memcpy((type *)data, sg_vec.vector, clen);
+            sg_memcpy((type *)data, sg_vec.vector, clen);
             PDL->SetSV_PDL(rsv, it);
             return true;
         }
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
                 }
                 for(int32_t i = 0; i < sg_num; i++) {
                     //PTZ121012 really to check this with unicode types also...
-                    memcpy((type*) data_pdl + (i * sg_slen_max), sg_str[i].string, sizeof(type) * sg_str[i].slen);
+                    sg_memcpy((type*) data_pdl + (i * sg_slen_max), sg_str[i].string, sizeof(type) * sg_str[i].slen);
                     //PTZ121012 shall have calloced also...
                 }
                 PDL->SetSV_PDL(rsv, it);
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ fail:
                                 //free(inds);
                                 return false;
                             }
-                            memcpy(l_ss[lind].string, el_str, el_len);
+                            sg_memcpy(l_ss[lind].string, el_str, el_len);
                             if(el_len > sg_strings.max_string_length) {
                                 sg_strings.max_string_length = el_len;
                             }
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ fail:
                         l_ss[i].string = NULL;
                         if (el_len > 0) {
                             l_ss[i].string = SG_MALLOC(type, el_len);
-                            memcpy(l_ss[i].string, el_str, el_len);
+                            sg_memcpy(l_ss[i].string, el_str, el_len);
                             if(el_len > sg_strings.max_string_length) {
                                 sg_strings.max_string_length = el_len;
                             }
diff --git a/src/interfaces/python_modular/swig_typemaps.i b/src/interfaces/python_modular/swig_typemaps.i
index 1a74d9290e3..2100e96be16 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/python_modular/swig_typemaps.i
+++ b/src/interfaces/python_modular/swig_typemaps.i
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ static bool string_from_strpy(SGStringList<type>& sg_strings, PyObject* obj, int
                     if (len>0)
                     {
                         strings[i].string=SG_MALLOC(type, len);
-                        memcpy(strings[i].string, str, len);
+                        sg_memcpy(strings[i].string, str, len);
                     }
                 }
                 else
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ static bool string_from_strpy(SGStringList<type>& sg_strings, PyObject* obj, int
                     if (len>0)
                     {
                         strings[i].string=SG_MALLOC(type, len);
-                        memcpy(strings[i].string, str, len*sizeof(type));
+                        sg_memcpy(strings[i].string, str, len*sizeof(type));
                     }
 
                     if (is_new_object)
@@ -505,7 +505,7 @@ static bool string_to_strpy(PyObject* &obj, SGStringList<type> sg_strings, int t
                 type* data = SG_MALLOC(type, str[i].slen);
                 if (descr && data)
                 {
-                    memcpy(data, str[i].string, str[i].slen*sizeof(type));
+                    sg_memcpy(data, str[i].string, str[i].slen*sizeof(type));
                     npy_intp dims = str[i].slen;
 
                     s = PyArray_NewFromDescr(&PyArray_Type,
diff --git a/src/interfaces/r_modular/swig_typemaps.i b/src/interfaces/r_modular/swig_typemaps.i
index dc68dbf5e78..baaf72fd6f4 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/r_modular/swig_typemaps.i
+++ b/src/interfaces/r_modular/swig_typemaps.i
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ TYPEMAP_OUT_SGMATRIX(INTSXP, INTEGER, uint16_t, int, "Word")
         {
 			sg_type* dst=SG_MALLOC(sg_type, len+1);
             /*ASSERT(strs[i].string);*/
-			strs[i].string=(sg_type*) memcpy(dst, c, len*sizeof(sg_type));
+			strs[i].string=(sg_type*) sg_memcpy(dst, c, len*sizeof(sg_type));
             strs[i].string[len]='\0'; /* zero terminate */
             strs[i].slen=len;
             max_len=CMath::max(max_len, len);
diff --git a/src/interfaces/ruby_modular/swig_typemaps.i b/src/interfaces/ruby_modular/swig_typemaps.i
index 26a6e20e9ff..0e52d2fa36a 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/ruby_modular/swig_typemaps.i
+++ b/src/interfaces/ruby_modular/swig_typemaps.i
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ TYPEMAP_SGMATRIX(float64_t, NUM2DBL, rb_float_new)
 
 			if (len > 0) {
 				strings[i].string = SG_MALLOC(SGTYPE, len + 1);
-				memcpy(strings[i].string, str, len + 1);
+				sg_memcpy(strings[i].string, str, len + 1);
 			}
 		}
 		else {
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ TYPEMAP_SGMATRIX(float64_t, NUM2DBL, rb_float_new)
 		}
 		else {
 			SGTYPE* data = SG_MALLOC(SGTYPE, str[i].slen);
-			memcpy(data, str[i].string, str[i].slen * sizeof(SGTYPE));
+			sg_memcpy(data, str[i].string, str[i].slen * sizeof(SGTYPE));
 
 			VALUE vec = rb_ary_new2(str[i].slen);
 			for (j = 0; j < str[i].slen; j++) {