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CVE-2016-3714

98
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3714, also known as "ImageTragick," is a critical vulnerability in ImageMagick versions prior to 6.9.3-10 and 7.0.1-1, affecting various coders like EPHEMERAL and HTTPS. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by injecting shell metacharacters into crafted image files, impacting products from vendors such as Canonical, Debian, and openSUSE. With a CVSS score of 8.4 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The vulnerability is actively exploited, listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and has publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit and ExploitDB, garnering extensive community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 6.9.3-9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.0-0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.0-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0.1-0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.4HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
97.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Sep 9, 2024
Metasploit: ImageMagick Delegate Arbitrary Command Execution · May 3, 2016
ExploitDB: EDB-39791 · May 9, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9748 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 3,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:6.7.2.7-4.el6_7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ImageMagick-0:6.7.8.9-13.el7_2
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2Fixed in: ImageMagick
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ImageMagick

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-3714Important

ImageMagick: Insufficient shell characters filtering

May 3, 2016

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
git.imagemagick.org / repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLog
Patch
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00024.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00025.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00028.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00032.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00041.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00051.html
Third Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/152364/ImageTragick-ImageMagick-Proof-Of-Concepts.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0726.html
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / security/vulnerabilities/2296071
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
imagetragick.com
Vendor Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201611-21
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/39767
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
exploit-db.com / exploits/39791
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
imagemagick.org / discourse-server/viewtopic.php
Vendor Advisory
imagemagick.org / script/changelog.php
Vendor Advisory
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/250519
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3580
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3746
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/13
Mailing List
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/18
Mailing List
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
Third Party Advisory
rapid7.com / db/modules/exploit/unix/fileformat/imagemagick_delegate
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/538378/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/89848
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1035742
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2990-1
Third Party Advisory