CVE-2014-0994

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2014-10-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

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 C++Builder Xe6: 20.0.15596.9843
Embarcadero Delphi Xe6: 20.0.15596.9843

References

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/57
http://support.embarcadero.com/article/44015
http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/delphi-and-c-builder-vcl-library-heap-buffer-overflow
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/57
http://support.embarcadero.com/article/44015
http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/delphi-and-c-builder-vcl-library-heap-buffer-overflow

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