diff --git a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.7-hive-1.2 b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.7-hive-1.2
index f1bf1160f9039..ca9f150d35b81 100644
--- a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.7-hive-1.2
+++ b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.7-hive-1.2
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ stream/2.9.6//stream-2.9.6.jar
 stringtemplate/3.2.1//stringtemplate-3.2.1.jar
 super-csv/2.2.0//super-csv-2.2.0.jar
 threeten-extra/1.5.0//threeten-extra-1.5.0.jar
-univocity-parsers/2.8.3//univocity-parsers-2.8.3.jar
+univocity-parsers/2.9.0//univocity-parsers-2.9.0.jar
 xbean-asm7-shaded/4.15//xbean-asm7-shaded-4.15.jar
 xercesImpl/2.12.0//xercesImpl-2.12.0.jar
 xml-apis/1.4.01//xml-apis-1.4.01.jar
diff --git a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.7-hive-2.3 b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.7-hive-2.3
index 758e32086024f..706f89be794a6 100644
--- a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.7-hive-2.3
+++ b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-2.7-hive-2.3
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ stream/2.9.6//stream-2.9.6.jar
 super-csv/2.2.0//super-csv-2.2.0.jar
 threeten-extra/1.5.0//threeten-extra-1.5.0.jar
 transaction-api/1.1//transaction-api-1.1.jar
-univocity-parsers/2.8.3//univocity-parsers-2.8.3.jar
+univocity-parsers/2.9.0//univocity-parsers-2.9.0.jar
 velocity/1.5//velocity-1.5.jar
 xbean-asm7-shaded/4.15//xbean-asm7-shaded-4.15.jar
 xercesImpl/2.12.0//xercesImpl-2.12.0.jar
diff --git a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-3.2-hive-2.3 b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-3.2-hive-2.3
index 0b8a068bff626..1156cb6e27ec1 100644
--- a/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-3.2-hive-2.3
+++ b/dev/deps/spark-deps-hadoop-3.2-hive-2.3
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ super-csv/2.2.0//super-csv-2.2.0.jar
 threeten-extra/1.5.0//threeten-extra-1.5.0.jar
 token-provider/1.0.1//token-provider-1.0.1.jar
 transaction-api/1.1//transaction-api-1.1.jar
-univocity-parsers/2.8.3//univocity-parsers-2.8.3.jar
+univocity-parsers/2.9.0//univocity-parsers-2.9.0.jar
 velocity/1.5//velocity-1.5.jar
 woodstox-core/5.0.3//woodstox-core-5.0.3.jar
 xbean-asm7-shaded/4.15//xbean-asm7-shaded-4.15.jar
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c5722fae7392a..e3d71518d92b9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2348,7 +2348,7 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>com.univocity</groupId>
         <artifactId>univocity-parsers</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8.3</version>
+        <version>2.9.0</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
         <groupId>org.apache.hive</groupId>
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVExprUtils.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVExprUtils.scala
index 3e83c1dcb4758..efe4188377142 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVExprUtils.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVExprUtils.scala
@@ -25,8 +25,13 @@ object CSVExprUtils {
    * This is currently being used in CSV reading path and CSV schema inference.
    */
   def filterCommentAndEmpty(iter: Iterator[String], options: CSVOptions): Iterator[String] = {
-    iter.filter { line =>
-      line.trim.nonEmpty && !line.startsWith(options.comment.toString)
+    if (options.isCommentSet) {
+      val commentPrefix = options.comment.toString
+      iter.filter { line =>
+        line.trim.nonEmpty && !line.startsWith(commentPrefix)
+      }
+    } else {
+      iter.filter(_.trim.nonEmpty)
     }
   }
 
@@ -34,7 +39,7 @@ object CSVExprUtils {
     if (options.isCommentSet) {
       val commentPrefix = options.comment.toString
       iter.dropWhile { line =>
-        line.trim.isEmpty || line.trim.startsWith(commentPrefix)
+        line.trim.isEmpty || line.startsWith(commentPrefix)
       }
     } else {
       iter.dropWhile(_.trim.isEmpty)
diff --git a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVOptions.scala b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVOptions.scala
index 9d09cab4fd482..f2191fcf35f1a 100644
--- a/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVOptions.scala
+++ b/sql/catalyst/src/main/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/catalyst/csv/CSVOptions.scala
@@ -220,7 +220,9 @@ class CSVOptions(
     format.setQuote(quote)
     format.setQuoteEscape(escape)
     charToEscapeQuoteEscaping.foreach(format.setCharToEscapeQuoteEscaping)
-    format.setComment(comment)
+    if (isCommentSet) {
+      format.setComment(comment)
+    }
     lineSeparatorInWrite.foreach(format.setLineSeparator)
 
     writerSettings.setIgnoreLeadingWhitespaces(ignoreLeadingWhiteSpaceFlagInWrite)
@@ -242,7 +244,11 @@ class CSVOptions(
     format.setQuoteEscape(escape)
     lineSeparator.foreach(format.setLineSeparator)
     charToEscapeQuoteEscaping.foreach(format.setCharToEscapeQuoteEscaping)
-    format.setComment(comment)
+    if (isCommentSet) {
+      format.setComment(comment)
+    } else {
+      settings.setCommentProcessingEnabled(false)
+    }
 
     settings.setIgnoreLeadingWhitespaces(ignoreLeadingWhiteSpaceInRead)
     settings.setIgnoreTrailingWhitespaces(ignoreTrailingWhiteSpaceInRead)
diff --git a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala
index 31e99bef4e243..378695d154dbc 100644
--- a/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala
+++ b/sql/core/src/test/scala/org/apache/spark/sql/execution/datasources/csv/CSVSuite.scala
@@ -1902,25 +1902,26 @@ abstract class CSVSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession with TestCsvDa
 
   test("SPARK-25387: bad input should not cause NPE") {
     val schema = StructType(StructField("a", IntegerType) :: Nil)
-    val input = spark.createDataset(Seq("\u0000\u0000\u0001234"))
+    val input = spark.createDataset(Seq("\u0001\u0000\u0001234"))
 
     checkAnswer(spark.read.schema(schema).csv(input), Row(null))
     checkAnswer(spark.read.option("multiLine", true).schema(schema).csv(input), Row(null))
-    assert(spark.read.csv(input).collect().toSet == Set(Row()))
+    assert(spark.read.schema(schema).csv(input).collect().toSet == Set(Row(null)))
   }
 
   test("SPARK-31261: bad csv input with `columnNameCorruptRecord` should not cause NPE") {
     val schema = StructType(
       StructField("a", IntegerType) :: StructField("_corrupt_record", StringType) :: Nil)
-    val input = spark.createDataset(Seq("\u0000\u0000\u0001234"))
+    val input = spark.createDataset(Seq("\u0001\u0000\u0001234"))
 
     checkAnswer(
       spark.read
         .option("columnNameOfCorruptRecord", "_corrupt_record")
         .schema(schema)
         .csv(input),
-      Row(null, null))
-    assert(spark.read.csv(input).collect().toSet == Set(Row()))
+      Row(null, "\u0001\u0000\u0001234"))
+    assert(spark.read.schema(schema).csv(input).collect().toSet ==
+      Set(Row(null, "\u0001\u0000\u0001234")))
   }
 
   test("field names of inferred schema shouldn't compare to the first row") {
@@ -2366,6 +2367,17 @@ abstract class CSVSuite extends QueryTest with SharedSparkSession with TestCsvDa
     }
   }
 
+  test("SPARK-32614: don't treat rows starting with null char as comment") {
+    withTempPath { path =>
+      Seq("\u0000foo", "bar", "baz").toDS.write.text(path.getCanonicalPath)
+      val df = spark.read.format("csv")
+        .option("header", "false")
+        .option("inferSchema", "true")
+        .load(path.getCanonicalPath)
+      assert(df.count() == 3)
+    }
+  }
+
   test("case sensitivity of filters references") {
     Seq(true, false).foreach { filterPushdown =>
       withSQLConf(SQLConf.CSV_FILTER_PUSHDOWN_ENABLED.key -> filterPushdown.toString) {