Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 6, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-0994
CVE-2014-0994
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadDIB function in the Vcl.Graphics.TPicture.Bitmap implementation in the Visual Component Library (VCL) in Embarcadero Delphi XE6 20.0.15596.9843 and C++ Builder XE6 20.0.15596.9843 allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via the BITMAPINFOHEADER.biClrUsed field in a BMP file. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-0993.
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4cpe:2.3:a:embarcadero:embarcadero_c\+\+builder_xe6:20.0.15596.9843:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:embarcadero:embarcadero_c\+\+builder_xe6:20.0.15596.9843:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =20.0.15596.9843
cpe:2.3:a:embarcadero:embarcadero_delphi_xe6:20.0.15596.9843:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:embarcadero:embarcadero_delphi_xe6:20.0.15596.9843:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: =20.0.15596.9843
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