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CVE-2016-3716

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-3716 is a file movement vulnerability within the MSL coder of ImageMagick versions prior to 6.9.3-10 and 7.0.1-1, affecting products like Canonical and Red Hat. This low-severity vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 3.3, requires user interaction and local access for exploitation, potentially leading to unauthorized file relocation. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, it has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 90/100 and has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, with at least one public exploit available on ExploitDB.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
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:*:*:*
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
<= 6.9.3-9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

3.3LOW

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
11.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-39767 · May 4, 2016
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1134 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 577 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 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-2016-3716Moderate

ImageMagick: File moving

May 3, 2016

References

git.imagemagick.org / repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLog
PatchVendor Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00024.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00025.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00028.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00032.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0726.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201611-21
exploit-db.com / exploits/39767
imagemagick.org / discourse-server/viewtopic.php
Vendor Advisory
imagemagick.org / script/changelog.php
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2016/dsa-3580
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/18
Exploit
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/538378/100/0/threaded
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2990-1
Third Party Advisory