CVE-2016-3715
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2016-3715 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | redhat |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2016-05-05 18:59:04 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-04-22 14:35:10 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v3.1 5.5 MEDIUM from [email protected]
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS: 0.777330000 probability, percentile 0.990000000 (date 2026-04-22)
CISA KEV: Listed on 2021-11-03; due 2022-05-03; ransomware use Unknown
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | CWE-552 | n/a | CWE-552 CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties
| Version | Source | Type | Score | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | [email protected] | Primary | 5.5 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| 3.1 | ADP | DECLARED | 5.5 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| 3.1 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 | Secondary | 5.5 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| 2.0 | [email protected] | Primary | 5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P |
CVSS v3.1 Breakdown
Attack Vector
LocalAttack Complexity
LowPrivileges Required
NoneUser Interaction
RequiredScope
UnchangedConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
HighAvailability
NoneCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
| Vendor | ImageMagick |
|---|---|
| Product | ImageMagick |
| Name | ImageMagick Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability |
| Required Action | Apply updates per vendor instructions. |
| Notes | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3715 |
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 12.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 14.04 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 15.10 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Canonical | Ubuntu Linux | 16.04 | All | All | All |
| Application | Imagemagick | Imagemagick | All | All | All | All |
| Application | Imagemagick | Imagemagick | 7.0.0-0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Imagemagick | Imagemagick | 7.0.1-0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Leap | 42.1 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Opensuse | Opensuse | 13.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Oracle | Linux | 6 | - | All | All |
| Operating System | Oracle | Linux | 7 | - | All | All |
| Operating System | Oracle | Solaris | 10 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Oracle | Solaris | 11.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | 6.7 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | 7.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | 7.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | 7.4 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | 7.5 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | 7.6 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Eus | 7.7 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems | 6.0_s390x | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems | 7.0_s390x | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus | 6.7_s390x | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus | 7.2_s390x | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus | 7.3_s390x | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus | 7.4_s390x | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus | 7.5_s390x | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus | 7.6_s390x | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Eus | 7.7_s390x | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian | 6.0_ppc64 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian | 7.0_ppc64 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Eus | 6.7_ppc64 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Eus | 7.2_ppc64 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Eus | 7.3_ppc64 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Eus | 7.4_ppc64 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Eus | 7.5_ppc64 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Eus | 7.6_ppc64 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Big Endian Eus | 7.7_ppc64 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian | 7.0_ppc64le | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus | 7.2_ppc64le | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus | 7.3_ppc64le | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus | 7.4_ppc64le | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus | 7.5_ppc64le | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus | 7.6_ppc64le | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Eus | 7.7_ppc64le | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Hpc Node | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Hpc Node | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus | 7.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 7.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 7.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 7.4 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 7.6 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Aus | 7.7 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server From Rhui | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server From Rhui | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary Eus | 6.7z | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Tus | 7.2 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Tus | 7.3 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Tus | 7.6 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server Tus | 7.7 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | 6.0 | All | All | All |
| Operating System | Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | 7.0 | All | All | All |
| Application | Suse | Linux Enterprise Debuginfo | 11 | sp2 | All | All |
| Application | Suse | Linux Enterprise Debuginfo | 11 | sp3 | All | All |
| Application | Suse | Linux Enterprise Debuginfo | 11 | sp4 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Desktop | 12 | - | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Desktop | 12 | sp1 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Server | 11 | sp2 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Server | 11 | sp3 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Server | 11 | sp4 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Server | 12 | - | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Server | 12 | sp1 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit | 11 | sp4 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit | 12 | - | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit | 12 | sp1 | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension | 12 | - | All | All |
| Operating System | Suse | Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension | 12 | sp1 | All | All |
| Application | Suse | Manager | 2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Suse | Manager Proxy | 2.1 | All | All | All |
| Application | Suse | Openstack Cloud | 5 | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| ImageMagick CVE-2016-3715 Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| The Slackware Linux Project: Slackware Security Advisories | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.slackware.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1275-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| oss-security - Re: ImageMagick Is On Fire -- CVE-2016-3714 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.openwall.com | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| SecurityFocus | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1326-1: important: Security update | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3746-1 graphicsmagick | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1261-1: important: Security update | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| ImageMagick: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201611-21) — Gentoo security | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:1266-1: important: Security update | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| ImageMagick Security Issue - ImageMagick | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.imagemagick.org | Exploit, Vendor Advisory |
| Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3580-1 imagemagick | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.debian.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Oracle Solaris Bulletin - July 2016 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | Third Party Advisory |
| ImageMagick 7.0.1-0 / 6.9.3-9 - 'ImageTragick ' Multiple Vulnerabilities - Multiple dos Exploit | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.exploit-db.com | Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry |
| USN-2990-1: ImageMagick vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:1260-1: important: Security update for | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Changelog @ ImageMagick | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.imagemagick.org | Release Notes |
| Oracle Linux Bulletin - April 2016 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.oracle.com | Third Party Advisory |
| www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 | www.cisa.gov | US Government Resource |
| ChangeLog · a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276 · repos / ImageMagick · GitLab | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | git.imagemagick.org | Broken Link, Patch |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| CVE-2016-3715 - Red Hat Customer Portal | MITRE | access.redhat.com | |
| 1332500 – (CVE-2016-3715) CVE-2016-3715 ImageMagick: File deletion | MITRE | bugzilla.redhat.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
| CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog | CISA | www.cisa.gov | kev |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Additional Advisory Data
| Source | Time | Event |
|---|---|---|
| ADP | 2021-11-03T00:00:00.000Z | CVE-2016-3715 added to CISA KEV |
There are currently no legacy QID mappings associated with this CVE.