CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-3714
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
ImageMagick Improper Input Validation Vulnerability — ImageMagick ImageMagick
ImageMagick contains an improper input validation vulnerability that affects the EPHEMERAL, HTTPS, MVG, MSL, TEXT, SHOW, WIN, and PLT coders. This allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a crafted image.
- Added to KEV
- 2024-09-09
- Remediation due
- 2024-09-30
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- Notes
- This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more information, please see: https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29588#p132726, https://imagemagick.org/archive/releases/; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3714
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2016-05-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 8.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 8.4 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The (1) EPHEMERAL, (2) HTTPS, (3) MVG, (4) MSL, (5) TEXT, (6) SHOW, (7) WIN, and (8) PLT coders in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a crafted image, aka "ImageTragick."
Affected configurations
• imagemagick imagemagick (<= 6.9.3-9)
• imagemagick imagemagick 7.0.0-0
• imagemagick imagemagick 7.0.1-0
• canonical ubuntu linux 12.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 14.04
• canonical ubuntu linux 15.10
• canonical ubuntu linux 16.04
• debian debian linux 8.0
• debian debian linux 9.0
• opensuse leap 42.1
• opensuse opensuse 13.2
• suse suse linux enterprise server 12
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLog Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00024.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00025.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00028.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00032.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00041.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00051.html Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152364/ImageTragick-ImageMagick-Proof-Of-Concepts.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0726.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3580 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/13 Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/18 Mailing List
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/unix/fileformat/imagemagick_delegate Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538378/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89848 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035742 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.440568 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2990-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/2296071 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332492 Issue Tracking
- https://imagetragick.com/ Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39767/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39791/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29588 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php Vendor Advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/250519 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLog Patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00024.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00025.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00028.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00032.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00041.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00051.html Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152364/ImageTragick-ImageMagick-Proof-Of-Concepts.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0726.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3580 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/13 Mailing List
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/18 Mailing List
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.rapid7.com/db/modules/exploit/unix/fileformat/imagemagick_delegate Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538378/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89848 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035742 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.440568 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2990-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/2296071 Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332492 Issue Tracking
- https://imagetragick.com/ Vendor Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39767/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39791/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29588 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php Vendor Advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/250519 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-3714 US Government Resource