CVE-2016-3716

Exp

The MSL coder in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1 allows remote attackers to move arbitrary files via a crafted image.

Published: 2016-05-05 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2016-3716 is rated High Exploit Risk (67/100): CVSS Low severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 29.87%, 97th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.57% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2016-3716

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
39767 exploit_db edb 2016-05-04 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-3716

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 2026-05-13 24.30% 29.87% +5.57%
2 2026-02-17 17.35% 24.30% +6.96%
3 2025-12-28 — 17.35% —

Full EPSS history (20 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-3716

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.3 3.0 LOW
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N 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:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:L)
Attackers could change some data, but it’s limited—not everything goes.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.8 1.4 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-3716

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-3716

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2016-3716 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-2016-3716
gentoo normal CVE-2016-3716: 1 GLSA(s) (201611-21), 1 atom(s) (media-gfx/imagemagick); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2016-3716
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3716
suse medium CVE-2016-3716 severity moderate: SUSE including 172 source package names (ImageMagick, ImageMagick-6.4.3.6-7.34.1, …), 332 product×package rows across 78 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Liberty Linux 7, … (78 product lines)): Fixed 253, Known Not Affected 79. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3716/
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-3716 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-2016-3716

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-3716

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus 7.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus 7.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus 6.7z cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus:6.7z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-3716

URL Tags
http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLog Patch Vendor Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00024.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00025.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00028.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00032.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0726.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3580
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/18 Exploit
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538378/100/0/threaded
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.440568
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2990-1 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39767/
https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29588 Vendor Advisory
https://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php Vendor Advisory
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