CVE-2014-0994

medium
Published 2014-10-06 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://support.embarcadero.com/article/44015

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
embarcaderoembarcadero_c\+\+builder_xe620.0.15596.9843
embarcaderoembarcadero_delphi_xe620.0.15596.9843

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.