diff --git a/engine/client/cl_main.c b/engine/client/cl_main.c
index e7a4c856..41ec4c0f 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_main.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_main.c
@@ -2247,7 +2247,8 @@ void CL_ReadNetMessage( void )
 
 	while( CL_GetMessage( net_message_buffer, &curSize ))
 	{
-		if( cls.legacymode && *((int *)&net_message_buffer) == 0xFFFFFFFE )
+		const int split_header = 0xFFFFFFFE;
+		if( cls.legacymode && !memcmp( &split_header, net_message_buffer, sizeof( split_header )))
 			// Will rewrite existing packet by merged
 			if( !NetSplit_GetLong( &cls.netchan.netsplit, &net_from, net_message_buffer, &curSize ) )
 				continue;
diff --git a/engine/client/cl_parse.c b/engine/client/cl_parse.c
index a84734f4..8f0f7b89 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_parse.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_parse.c
@@ -1534,7 +1534,7 @@ void CL_SendConsistencyInfo( sizebuf_t *msg )
 		{
 		case force_exactfile:
 			MD5_HashFile( md5, filename, NULL );
-			pc->value = *(int *)md5;
+			memcpy( &pc->value, md5, sizeof( pc->value ));
 
 			if( user_changed_diskfile )
 				MSG_WriteUBitLong( msg, 0, 32 );
diff --git a/engine/common/imagelib/img_utils.c b/engine/common/imagelib/img_utils.c
index a6cd189e..29107e65 100644
--- a/engine/common/imagelib/img_utils.c
+++ b/engine/common/imagelib/img_utils.c
@@ -284,8 +284,10 @@ int Image_ComparePalette( const byte *pal )
 void Image_SetPalette( const byte *pal, uint *d_table )
 {
 	byte	rgba[4];
+	uint uirgba; // TODO: palette looks byte-swapped on big-endian
 	int	i;
 
+
 	// setup palette
 	switch( image.d_rendermode )
 	{
@@ -296,7 +298,8 @@ void Image_SetPalette( const byte *pal, uint *d_table )
 			rgba[1] = pal[i*3+1];
 			rgba[2] = pal[i*3+2];
 			rgba[3] = 0xFF;
-			d_table[i] = *(uint *)rgba;
+			memcpy( &uirgba, rgba, sizeof( uirgba ));
+			d_table[i] = uirgba;
 		}
 		break;
 	case LUMP_GRADIENT:
@@ -306,7 +309,8 @@ void Image_SetPalette( const byte *pal, uint *d_table )
 			rgba[1] = pal[766];
 			rgba[2] = pal[767];
 			rgba[3] = i;
-			d_table[i] = *(uint *)rgba;
+			memcpy( &uirgba, rgba, sizeof( uirgba ));
+			d_table[i] = uirgba;
 		}
 		break;
 	case LUMP_MASKED:
@@ -316,7 +320,8 @@ void Image_SetPalette( const byte *pal, uint *d_table )
 			rgba[1] = pal[i*3+1];
 			rgba[2] = pal[i*3+2];
 			rgba[3] = 0xFF;
-			d_table[i] = *(uint *)rgba;
+			memcpy( &uirgba, rgba, sizeof( uirgba ));
+			d_table[i] = uirgba;
 		}
 		d_table[255] = 0;
 		break;
@@ -327,7 +332,8 @@ void Image_SetPalette( const byte *pal, uint *d_table )
 			rgba[1] = pal[i*4+1];
 			rgba[2] = pal[i*4+2];
 			rgba[3] = pal[i*4+3];
-			d_table[i] = *(uint *)rgba;
+			memcpy( &uirgba, rgba, sizeof( uirgba ));
+			d_table[i] = uirgba;
 		}
 		break;
 	}
diff --git a/engine/common/net_ws.c b/engine/common/net_ws.c
index df34be20..b65ee41b 100644
--- a/engine/common/net_ws.c
+++ b/engine/common/net_ws.c
@@ -273,8 +273,10 @@ static void NET_NetadrToSockadr( netadr_t *a, struct sockaddr_storage *s )
 	}
 	else if( a->type == NA_IP )
 	{
+		uint32_t ip;
 		((struct sockaddr_in *)s)->sin_family = AF_INET;
-		((struct sockaddr_in *)s)->sin_addr.s_addr = *(uint32_t *)&a->ip;
+		memcpy( &ip, &a->ip, sizeof( ip ));
+		((struct sockaddr_in *)s)->sin_addr.s_addr = ip;
 		((struct sockaddr_in *)s)->sin_port = a->port;
 	}
 	else if( a->type6 == NA_IP6 )
@@ -314,7 +316,7 @@ static void NET_SockadrToNetadr( const struct sockaddr_storage *s, netadr_t *a )
 	if( s->ss_family == AF_INET )
 	{
 		a->type = NA_IP;
-		*(int *)&a->ip = ((struct sockaddr_in *)s)->sin_addr.s_addr;
+		memcpy( &a->ip, &((struct sockaddr_in *)s)->sin_addr.s_addr, sizeof( uint32_t ));
 		a->port = ((struct sockaddr_in *)s)->sin_port;
 	}
 	else if( s->ss_family == AF_INET6 )
diff --git a/engine/server/sv_custom.c b/engine/server/sv_custom.c
index cb034efb..588a0515 100644
--- a/engine/server/sv_custom.c
+++ b/engine/server/sv_custom.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ void SV_ParseConsistencyResponse( sv_client_t *cl, sizebuf_t *msg )
 			value = MSG_ReadUBitLong( msg, 32 );
 
 			// will be compare only first 4 bytes
-			if( value != *(int *)r->rgucMD5_hash )
+			if( memcmp( &value , r->rgucMD5_hash, 4 ))
 				badresindex = idx + 1;
 		}
 		else