diff --git a/src/modules/frames/apic_frame.c b/src/modules/frames/apic_frame.c
index ba1d9cd..94747d7 100644
--- a/src/modules/frames/apic_frame.c
+++ b/src/modules/frames/apic_frame.c
@@ -51,18 +51,18 @@ ID3v2_ApicFrame* ApicFrame_parse(CharStream* frame_cs, const int id3_major_versi
     CharStream_seek(frame_cs, ID3v2_FRAME_ENCODING_LENGTH, SEEK_CUR); // skip encoding
 
     const int mime_type_size = ID3v2_strlent(CharStream_get_cur(frame_cs));
-    char mime_type[mime_type_size];
+    char* mime_type = malloc(mime_type_size * sizeof(char));
     CharStream_read(frame_cs, mime_type, mime_type_size);
 
     const char picture_type = CharStream_getc(frame_cs);
 
     const int description_size = ID3v2_strlent(CharStream_get_cur(frame_cs));
-    char description[description_size];
+    char* description = malloc(description_size * sizeof(char));
     CharStream_read(frame_cs, description, description_size);
 
     const int pic_size = header->size - ID3v2_FRAME_ENCODING_LENGTH - mime_type_size -
                          ID3v2_APIC_FRAME_PICTURE_TYPE_LENGTH - description_size;
-    char pic_data[pic_size];
+    char* pic_data = malloc(pic_size * sizeof(char));
     CharStream_read(frame_cs, pic_data, pic_size);
 
     ID3v2_ApicFrame* frame =
@@ -70,6 +70,9 @@ ID3v2_ApicFrame* ApicFrame_parse(CharStream* frame_cs, const int id3_major_versi
 
     FrameHeader_free(header); // we only needed the header to parse the data
 
+    free(mime_type);
+    free(description);
+    free(pic_data);
     return frame;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/modules/frames/comment_frame.c b/src/modules/frames/comment_frame.c
index 947f72d..df55562 100644
--- a/src/modules/frames/comment_frame.c
+++ b/src/modules/frames/comment_frame.c
@@ -49,17 +49,19 @@ ID3v2_CommentFrame* CommentFrame_parse(CharStream* frame_cs, const int id3_major
     CharStream_read(frame_cs, lang, ID3v2_COMMENT_FRAME_LANGUAGE_LENGTH);
 
     const int short_desc_size = ID3v2_strlent(CharStream_get_cur(frame_cs));
-    char short_desc[short_desc_size];
+    char* short_desc = malloc(short_desc_size * sizeof (char));
     CharStream_read(frame_cs, short_desc, short_desc_size);
 
     const int comment_size = ID3v2_strlent(CharStream_get_cur(frame_cs));
-    char comment[comment_size];
+    char* comment = malloc(comment_size * sizeof(char));
     CharStream_read(frame_cs, comment, comment_size);
 
     ID3v2_CommentFrame* frame = CommentFrame_new(header->flags, lang, short_desc, comment);
 
     FrameHeader_free(header); // we only needed the header to parse the data
 
+    free(comment);
+    free(short_desc);
     return frame;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/modules/frames/text_frame.c b/src/modules/frames/text_frame.c
index 54cec80..4bd3448 100644
--- a/src/modules/frames/text_frame.c
+++ b/src/modules/frames/text_frame.c
@@ -37,13 +37,19 @@ ID3v2_TextFrame* TextFrame_parse(CharStream* frame_cs, const int id3_major_versi
     CharStream_seek(frame_cs, ID3v2_FRAME_ENCODING_LENGTH, SEEK_CUR); // skip encoding
 
     const int text_size = header->size - ID3v2_FRAME_ENCODING_LENGTH;
-    char text[text_size];
+    const size_t string_termination_bytes = 2;
+    char* text = malloc((string_termination_bytes + text_size) * sizeof(char));
     CharStream_read(frame_cs, text, text_size);
 
+    // Adding string termination bytes in case the stored string doesn't have those
+    for (int i = 0; i < string_termination_bytes; ++i)
+        text[text_size + i] = 0x00;
+
     ID3v2_TextFrame* frame = TextFrame_new(header->id, header->flags, text);
 
     FrameHeader_free(header); // we only needed the header to parse the data
 
+    free(text);
     return frame;
 }