Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 6, 2014· Updated May 6, 2026

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.

Affected products

Embarcadero/Embarcadero C\+\+builder Xe6
cpe:2.3:a:embarcadero:embarcadero_c\+\+builder_xe6:20.0.15596.9843:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Embarcadero/Embarcadero Delphi Xe6
cpe:2.3:a:embarcadero:embarcadero_delphi_xe6:20.0.15596.9843:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

support.embarcadero.com/article/44015nvdExploitVendor Advisory
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/57nvd
www.coresecurity.com/advisories/delphi-and-c-builder-vcl-library-heap-buffer-overflownvd

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