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CVE-2016-3715

93
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3715 is a critical arbitrary file deletion vulnerability affecting ImageMagick versions before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1, impacting various products including Canonical, Oracle, and Red Hat. This vulnerability, rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.5, allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files through a crafted image, requiring user interaction. It is actively exploited in the wild, as indicated by its presence in the KEV catalog and a high FAUCET Risk Score of 100/100. While no Metasploit or Nuclei modules exist, public exploit code is available on ExploitDB, and the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
75.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Nov 3, 2021
ExploitDB: EDB-39767 · May 4, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.7538 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 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 (3)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-3715Moderate

ImageMagick: File deletion

May 3, 2016

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
git.imagemagick.org / repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLog
Broken LinkPatch
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/msg00051.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0726.html
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201611-21
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/39767
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
imagemagick.org / discourse-server/viewtopic.php
ExploitVendor Advisory
imagemagick.org / script/changelog.php
Release Notes
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3580
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3746
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/18
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/538378/100/0/threaded
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/89852
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2990-1
Third Party Advisory