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CVE-2016-3715

MEDIUM5.5
CISA KEV

Published 2016-05-05 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source secalert@redhat.com

Summary

CVE-2016-3715 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in ImageMagick ImageMagick. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by May 3, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. ImageMagick has 3 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.

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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 vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CWE-552

CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability

Product: ImageMagick — ImageMagick

Name: ImageMagick Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability

Date added: 2021-11-03 · Due: 2022-05-03

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

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