CVE-2016-3715
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.
All 3 known-exploited ImageMagick vulnerabilities →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
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.
References
- http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLog
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00024.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00025.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00028.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00032.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00051.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0726.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3580

