CVE-2014-0994 — 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

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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

Published Oct 6, 2014

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.76%

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

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.76% 0.02761

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02761

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.76% (0.02761)	85.75th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.76% (0.02761)	84.30th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	1.73% (0.01734)	81.22th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	1.37% (0.01366)	86.81th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 1, 2024	1.52% (0.01517)	86.73th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 10, 2024	1.64% (0.01640)	87.13th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Dec 21, 2023	1.49% (0.01494)	85.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.37% (0.01369)	84.18th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	2.92% (0.02920)	83.31th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	2.92% (0.02920)	81.60th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	2.92% (0.02920)	64.09th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (3)

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

Link	Providers	Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Sep/57		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://support.embarcadero.com/article/44015		x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/delphi-and-c-builder-vcl-library-heap-buffer-overflow		x_refsource_MISC

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 6, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jan 7, 2014

Link CVE-2014-0994

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2014-0994

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2014-0994