CVE-2016-3715
ImageMagick Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability
Does this matter?
Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 3 May 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.
Description
The EPHEMERAL coder in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1 allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a crafted image.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 75.31% probability · 100th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 4 May 2016
- CISA KEV
- Listed 3 November 2021 · due 3 May 2022
- Weakness
- CWE-552
- Affected
- redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems · redhat/enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus · redhat/enterprise linux for power big endian · redhat/enterprise linux for power big endian eus · redhat/enterprise linux for power little endian · redhat/enterprise linux for power little endian eus · redhat/enterprise linux hpc node · redhat/enterprise linux hpc node eus · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server from rhui · redhat/enterprise linux server supplementary eus · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · imagemagick/imagemagick · canonical/ubuntu linux · oracle/linux · oracle/solaris · +10 more
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 75.3% since 30 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
CISA notes
Apply updates per vendor instructions. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3715
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLogBroken Link, Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00024.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00025.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00028.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00032.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00051.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0726.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3580Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/18Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538378/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89852Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.440568Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2990-1Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39767/Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29588Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.phpRelease Notes
- http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLogBroken Link, Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00024.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00025.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00028.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00032.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00051.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0726.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3580Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/18Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.