CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-3715
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
ImageMagick Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability — ImageMagick ImageMagick
ImageMagick contains an unspecified vulnerability that could allow users to delete files by using ImageMagick's 'ephemeral' pseudo protocol, which deletes files after reading.
- Added to KEV
- 2021-11-03
- Remediation due
- 2022-05-03
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- Notes
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3715
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2016-05-05
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.8 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-552
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.
Affected configurations
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux eus 6.7
• redhat enterprise linux eus 7.2
• redhat enterprise linux eus 7.3
• redhat enterprise linux eus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux eus 7.5
• redhat enterprise linux eus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux eus 7.7
• redhat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 6.0 s390x
• redhat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 7.0 s390x
• redhat enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus 6.7 s390x
• redhat enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus 7.2 s390x
• redhat enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus 7.3 s390x
• redhat enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus 7.4 s390x
• redhat enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus 7.5 s390x
• redhat enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus 7.6 s390x
• redhat enterprise linux for ibm z systems eus 7.7 s390x
• redhat enterprise linux for power big endian 6.0 ppc64
• redhat enterprise linux for power big endian 7.0 ppc64
• redhat enterprise linux for power big endian eus 6.7 ppc64
• redhat enterprise linux for power big endian eus 7.2 ppc64
• redhat enterprise linux for power big endian eus 7.3 ppc64
• redhat enterprise linux for power big endian eus 7.4 ppc64
• redhat enterprise linux for power big endian eus 7.5 ppc64
• redhat enterprise linux for power big endian eus 7.6 ppc64
• redhat enterprise linux for power big endian eus 7.7 ppc64
• redhat enterprise linux for power little endian 7.0 ppc64le
• redhat enterprise linux for power little endian eus 7.2 ppc64le
• redhat enterprise linux for power little endian eus 7.3 ppc64le
• redhat enterprise linux for power little endian eus 7.4 ppc64le
• redhat enterprise linux for power little endian eus 7.5 ppc64le
• redhat enterprise linux for power little endian eus 7.6 ppc64le
• redhat enterprise linux for power little endian eus 7.7 ppc64le
• redhat enterprise linux hpc node 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux hpc node 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux hpc node eus 7.2
• redhat enterprise linux server 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux server 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.2
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.3
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.4
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server aus 7.7
• redhat enterprise linux server from rhui 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux server from rhui 7.0
• redhat enterprise linux server supplementary eus 6.7z
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.2
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.3
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.6
• redhat enterprise linux server tus 7.7
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0
• redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0
• imagemagick imagemagick (< 6.9.3-10)
• 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
… and 16 more
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties weakness
References
- http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLog Broken Link, 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/msg00051.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0726.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3580 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/18 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- 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.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538378/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89852 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.440568 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2990-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39767/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29588 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php Release Notes
- http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLog Broken Link, 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/msg00051.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0726.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3580 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/18 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- 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.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538378/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89852 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.440568 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2990-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39767/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29588 Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php Release Notes
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-3715 US Government Resource