diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/bloom_filter.cc b/cpp/src/parquet/bloom_filter.cc
index e8011b5fc80..9d0aa1a1d88 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/bloom_filter.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/bloom_filter.cc
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ void BlockSplitBloomFilter::Init(const uint8_t* bitset, uint32_t num_bytes) {
 
   num_bytes_ = num_bytes;
   PARQUET_ASSIGN_OR_THROW(data_, ::arrow::AllocateBuffer(num_bytes_, pool_));
-  memcpy(data_->mutable_data(), bitset, num_bytes_);
+  std::memcpy(data_->mutable_data(), bitset, num_bytes_);
 
   this->hasher_ = std::make_unique<XxHasher>();
 }
@@ -157,10 +157,8 @@ BlockSplitBloomFilter BlockSplitBloomFilter::Deserialize(
   auto buffer = AllocateBuffer(properties.memory_pool(), bloom_filter_size);
 
   const auto bloom_filter_bytes_in_header = header_buf->size() - header_size;
-  if (bloom_filter_bytes_in_header > 0) {
-    std::memcpy(buffer->mutable_data(), header_buf->data() + header_size,
-                static_cast<size_t>(bloom_filter_bytes_in_header));
-  }
+  SafeMemcpy(buffer->mutable_data(), header_buf->data() + header_size,
+             static_cast<size_t>(bloom_filter_bytes_in_header));
 
   const auto required_read_size = bloom_filter_size - bloom_filter_bytes_in_header;
   PARQUET_ASSIGN_OR_THROW(
diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/column_reader.cc b/cpp/src/parquet/column_reader.cc
index 79b837f755c..857ed89694e 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/column_reader.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/column_reader.cc
@@ -559,11 +559,9 @@ std::shared_ptr<Buffer> SerializedPageReader::DecompressIfNeeded(
   PARQUET_THROW_NOT_OK(
       decompression_buffer_->Resize(uncompressed_len, /*shrink_to_fit=*/false));
 
-  if (levels_byte_len > 0) {
-    // First copy the levels as-is
-    uint8_t* decompressed = decompression_buffer_->mutable_data();
-    memcpy(decompressed, page_buffer->data(), levels_byte_len);
-  }
+  // First copy the levels as-is
+  uint8_t* decompressed = decompression_buffer_->mutable_data();
+  SafeMemcpy(decompressed, page_buffer->data(), levels_byte_len);
 
   // GH-31992: DataPageV2 may store only levels and no values when all
   // values are null. In this case, Parquet java is known to produce a
diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/column_writer.cc b/cpp/src/parquet/column_writer.cc
index 94b67dfa807..609f8454617 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/column_writer.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/column_writer.cc
@@ -919,13 +919,13 @@ class ColumnWriterImpl {
   void ConcatenateBuffers(int64_t definition_levels_rle_size,
                           int64_t repetition_levels_rle_size,
                           const std::shared_ptr<Buffer>& values, uint8_t* combined) {
-    memcpy(combined, repetition_levels_rle_->data(),
-           static_cast<size_t>(repetition_levels_rle_size));
+    SafeMemcpy(combined, repetition_levels_rle_->data(),
+               static_cast<size_t>(repetition_levels_rle_size));
     combined += repetition_levels_rle_size;
-    memcpy(combined, definition_levels_rle_->data(),
-           static_cast<size_t>(definition_levels_rle_size));
+    SafeMemcpy(combined, definition_levels_rle_->data(),
+               static_cast<size_t>(definition_levels_rle_size));
     combined += definition_levels_rle_size;
-    memcpy(combined, values->data(), static_cast<size_t>(values->size()));
+    SafeMemcpy(combined, values->data(), static_cast<size_t>(values->size()));
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/column_writer_test.cc b/cpp/src/parquet/column_writer_test.cc
index dedf25abcab..50197d25111 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/column_writer_test.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/column_writer_test.cc
@@ -536,7 +536,7 @@ void TestPrimitiveWriter<ByteArrayType>::ReadColumnFully(Compression::type compr
     uint8_t* data_ptr = data.data();
     for (int64_t i = 0; i < values_read_recently; i++) {
       const ByteArray& value = this->values_out_ptr_[i + values_read_];
-      memcpy(data_ptr, value.ptr, value.len);
+      SafeMemcpy(data_ptr, value.ptr, value.len);
       this->values_out_[i + values_read_].ptr = data_ptr;
       data_ptr += value.len;
     }
diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/decoder.cc b/cpp/src/parquet/decoder.cc
index 3ce2323d29a..9c140b4df53 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/decoder.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/decoder.cc
@@ -458,10 +458,7 @@ inline int DecodePlain(const uint8_t* data, int64_t data_size, int num_values,
   if (bytes_to_decode > data_size || bytes_to_decode > INT_MAX) {
     ParquetException::EofException();
   }
-  // If bytes_to_decode == 0, data could be null
-  if (bytes_to_decode > 0) {
-    memcpy(out, data, static_cast<size_t>(bytes_to_decode));
-  }
+  SafeMemcpy(out, data, static_cast<size_t>(bytes_to_decode));
   return static_cast<int>(bytes_to_decode);
 }
 
@@ -675,7 +672,7 @@ inline int PlainDecoder<FLBAType>::DecodeArrow(
 
   // 1. Copy directly into the FixedSizeBinary data buffer, packed to the right.
   uint8_t* decode_out = builder->GetMutableValue(builder->length() + null_count);
-  memcpy(decode_out, data_, values_decoded * byte_width);
+  SafeMemcpy(decode_out, data_, values_decoded * byte_width);
 
   // 2. Expand the values into their final positions.
   if (null_count == 0) {
@@ -1058,7 +1055,7 @@ void DictDecoderImpl<ByteArrayType>::SetDict(TypedDecoder<ByteArrayType>* dictio
   uint8_t* bytes_data = byte_array_data_->mutable_data();
   int32_t* bytes_offsets = byte_array_offsets_->mutable_data_as<int32_t>();
   for (int i = 0; i < dictionary_length_; ++i) {
-    memcpy(bytes_data + offset, dict_values[i].ptr, dict_values[i].len);
+    SafeMemcpy(bytes_data + offset, dict_values[i].ptr, dict_values[i].len);
     bytes_offsets[i] = offset;
     dict_values[i].ptr = bytes_data + offset;
     offset += dict_values[i].len;
@@ -1079,7 +1076,7 @@ inline void DictDecoderImpl<FLBAType>::SetDict(TypedDecoder<FLBAType>* dictionar
                                                 /*shrink_to_fit=*/false));
   uint8_t* bytes_data = byte_array_data_->mutable_data();
   for (int32_t i = 0, offset = 0; i < dictionary_length_; ++i, offset += fixed_len) {
-    memcpy(bytes_data + offset, dict_values[i].ptr, fixed_len);
+    std::memcpy(bytes_data + offset, dict_values[i].ptr, fixed_len);
     dict_values[i].ptr = bytes_data + offset;
   }
 }
@@ -2017,9 +2014,9 @@ class DeltaByteArrayDecoderImpl : public TypedDecoderImpl<DType> {
     // Both prefix and suffix are non-empty, so we need to decode the string
     // into `data_ptr`.
     // 1. Copy the prefix
-    memcpy(*data_ptr, prefix->data(), prefix_len_ptr[i]);
+    SafeMemcpy(*data_ptr, prefix->data(), prefix_len_ptr[i]);
     // 2. Copy the suffix.
-    memcpy(*data_ptr + prefix_len_ptr[i], buffer[i].ptr, buffer[i].len);
+    SafeMemcpy(*data_ptr + prefix_len_ptr[i], buffer[i].ptr, buffer[i].len);
     // 3. Point buffer[i] to the decoded string.
     buffer[i].ptr = *data_ptr;
     buffer[i].len += prefix_len_ptr[i];
diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/encoder.cc b/cpp/src/parquet/encoder.cc
index 0e8c0ba32b6..54dd2e5feb3 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/encoder.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/encoder.cc
@@ -658,9 +658,9 @@ template <>
 void DictEncoderImpl<ByteArrayType>::WriteDict(uint8_t* buffer) const {
   memo_table_.VisitValues(0, [&buffer](::std::string_view v) {
     uint32_t len = static_cast<uint32_t>(v.length());
-    memcpy(buffer, &len, sizeof(len));
+    std::memcpy(buffer, &len, sizeof(len));
     buffer += sizeof(len);
-    memcpy(buffer, v.data(), len);
+    SafeMemcpy(buffer, v.data(), len);
     buffer += len;
   });
 }
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@ template <>
 void DictEncoderImpl<FLBAType>::WriteDict(uint8_t* buffer) const {
   memo_table_.VisitValues(0, [&](::std::string_view v) {
     DCHECK_EQ(v.length(), static_cast<size_t>(type_length_));
-    memcpy(buffer, v.data(), type_length_);
+    std::memcpy(buffer, v.data(), type_length_);
     buffer += type_length_;
   });
 }
@@ -1216,8 +1216,8 @@ std::shared_ptr<Buffer> DeltaBitPackEncoder<DType>::FlushValues() {
   // and data was written immediately after. We now write the header data immediately
   // before the end of reserved space.
   const size_t offset_bytes = kMaxPageHeaderWriterSize - header_writer.bytes_written();
-  std::memcpy(buffer->mutable_data() + offset_bytes, header_buffer_,
-              header_writer.bytes_written());
+  SafeMemcpy(buffer->mutable_data() + offset_bytes, header_buffer_,
+             header_writer.bytes_written());
 
   // Reset counter of cached values
   total_value_count_ = 0;
diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/statistics.cc b/cpp/src/parquet/statistics.cc
index 2e5f6fe37c4..7b91f4b5b32 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/statistics.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/statistics.cc
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ inline void TypedStatisticsImpl<ByteArrayType>::Copy(const ByteArray& src, ByteA
                                                      ResizableBuffer* buffer) {
   if (dst->ptr == src.ptr) return;
   PARQUET_THROW_NOT_OK(buffer->Resize(src.len, false));
-  std::memcpy(buffer->mutable_data(), src.ptr, src.len);
+  SafeMemcpy(buffer->mutable_data(), src.ptr, src.len);
   *dst = ByteArray(src.len, buffer->data());
 }
 
diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/statistics_test.cc b/cpp/src/parquet/statistics_test.cc
index 905502cb0a5..b509a8be34a 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/statistics_test.cc
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/statistics_test.cc
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ std::vector<ByteArray> TestStatistics<ByteArrayType>::GetDeepCopy(
   for (const ByteArray& ba : values) {
     uint8_t* ptr;
     PARQUET_THROW_NOT_OK(pool->Allocate(ba.len, &ptr));
-    memcpy(ptr, ba.ptr, ba.len);
+    SafeMemcpy(ptr, ba.ptr, ba.len);
     copy.emplace_back(ba.len, ptr);
   }
   return copy;
diff --git a/cpp/src/parquet/types.h b/cpp/src/parquet/types.h
index 7e8a18fc94d..c189c2db10b 100644
--- a/cpp/src/parquet/types.h
+++ b/cpp/src/parquet/types.h
@@ -704,6 +704,16 @@ static inline std::string ByteArrayToString(const ByteArray& a) {
   return std::string(reinterpret_cast<const char*>(a.ptr), a.len);
 }
 
+/// \brief Safe memcpy that avoids undefined behavior when src is nullptr.
+///
+/// According to the C++ standard, calling std::memcpy with a nullptr is undefined
+/// behavior even when size is 0. This function guards against that case.
+static inline void SafeMemcpy(void* dest, const void* src, size_t size) {
+  if (size > 0) {
+    std::memcpy(dest, src, size);
+  }
+}
+
 static inline void Int96SetNanoSeconds(parquet::Int96& i96, int64_t nanoseconds) {
   std::memcpy(&i96.value, &nanoseconds, sizeof(nanoseconds));
 }