CVE-2016-3714

Exp

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."

Published: 2016-05-05 Last update: 2026-04-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2016-3714 is rated Critical Active Threat (93.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 93.64%, 100th percentile). CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2024-09-09) affecting ImageMagick / ImageMagick. a weakness (CWE-20) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. The CISA remediation deadline has passed—treat as an emergency patch priority.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

CISA KEV Record for CVE-2016-3714

Name: ImageMagick Improper Input Validation Vulnerability · CISA KEV detail

Exploit added: 2024-09-09

Action due: 2024-09-30

Required action: Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2016-3714

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
39791 exploit_db edb 2016-05-09 Exploit-DB ↗
39767 exploit_db edb 2016-05-04 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-3714

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-05-22 93.86% 93.64% -0.22%
2 2026-05-13 93.75% 93.86% +0.11%
3 2026-05-08 — 93.75% —

Full EPSS history (37 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-3714

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.4 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.5 5.9 [email protected]
8.4 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.5 5.9 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-3714

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-3714

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2016-3714 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (graphicsmagick, imagemagick), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3714
gentoo normal CVE-2016-3714: 1 GLSA(s) (201611-21), 1 atom(s) (media-gfx/imagemagick); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2016-3714
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3714
suse high CVE-2016-3714 severity important: SUSE including 189 source package names (GraphicsMagick, GraphicsMagick-1.2.5-4.35.1, …), 289 product×package rows across 64 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 7, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12, … (64 product lines)): Fixed 268, Known Not Affected 21. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3714/
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-3714 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (graphicsmagick, imagemagick), 20 status rows across 10 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, precise, trusty, upstream, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): released 11, ignored 5, needs-triage 2, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-3714

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-3714

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
imagemagick imagemagick <= 6.9.3-9 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
imagemagick imagemagick 7.0.0-0 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.0-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
imagemagick imagemagick 7.0.1-0 cpe:2.3:a:imagemagick:imagemagick:7.0.1-0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 15.10 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 42.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse opensuse 13.2 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse suse_linux_enterprise_server 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux_enterprise_server:12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-3714

URL Tags
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
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