CVE-2016-3718

Exp

The (1) HTTP and (2) FTP coders in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1 allow remote attackers to conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via a crafted image.

Published: 2016-05-05 Last update: 2026-04-22 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
View at NVD, CVE.org, EUVD

CVE-2016-3718 is rated Critical Active Threat (86.8/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 86.94%, 99th percentile). CISA KEV confirms active exploitation (added 2021-11-03) affecting ImageMagick / ImageMagick. a weakness (CWE-918) Unauthenticated remote administrative access may be possible. EPSS rose +8.11% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2016-3718

Name: ImageMagick Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability · CISA KEV detail

Exploit added: 2021-11-03

Action due: 2022-05-03

Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2016-3718

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-3718

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 78.82% 86.94% +8.11%
2 2026-04-23 83.83% 78.82% -5.01%
3 2026-02-19 — 83.83% —

Full EPSS history (26 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-3718

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/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:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.8 3.6 [email protected]
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/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:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 1.8 3.6 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0
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-2016-3718

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-3718

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2016-3718 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-2016-3718
gentoo normal CVE-2016-3718: 1 GLSA(s) (201611-21), 1 atom(s) (media-gfx/imagemagick); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2016-3718
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3718
suse medium CVE-2016-3718 severity moderate: SUSE including 191 source package names (GraphicsMagick, GraphicsMagick-1.2.5-4.35.1, …), 356 product×package rows across 81 product lines (HPE Helion OpenStack 8, SUSE Liberty Linux 7, … (81 product lines)): Fixed 266, Known Not Affected 90. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3718/
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-3718 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-2016-3718

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-3718

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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_eus 6.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.5 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems 6.0_s390x cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:6.0_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems 7.0_s390x cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems:7.0_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus 6.7_s390x cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:6.7_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus 7.2_s390x cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:7.2_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus 7.3_s390x cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:7.3_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus 7.4_s390x cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:7.4_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus 7.5_s390x cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:7.5_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus 7.6_s390x cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:7.6_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus 7.7_s390x cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus:7.7_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian 6.0_ppc64 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian:6.0_ppc64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian 7.0_ppc64 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian:7.0_ppc64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus 6.7_ppc64 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus:6.7_ppc64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus 7.2_ppc64 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus:7.2_ppc64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus 7.3_ppc64 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus:7.3_ppc64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus 7.4_ppc64 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus:7.4_ppc64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus 7.5_ppc64 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus:7.5_ppc64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus 7.6_ppc64 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus:7.6_ppc64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus 7.7_ppc64 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus:7.7_ppc64:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian 7.0_ppc64le cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian:7.0_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus 7.2_ppc64le cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:7.2_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus 7.3_ppc64le cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:7.3_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus 7.4_ppc64le cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:7.4_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus 7.5_ppc64le cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:7.5_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus 7.6_ppc64le cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:7.6_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus 7.7_ppc64le cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus:7.7_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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_aus 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_from_rhui 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_from_rhui:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_from_rhui 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_from_rhui:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus 6.7z cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus:6.7z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.3 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
imagemagick imagemagick < 6.9.3-10 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:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:esm:*:*:*
oracle linux 6 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:6:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle linux 7 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:7:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle solaris 10 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle solaris 11.3 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_debuginfo 11 cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_debuginfo 11 cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_debuginfo 11 cpe:2.3:a:suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse manager 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:suse:manager:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse manager_proxy 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:suse:manager_proxy:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse openstack_cloud 5 cpe:2.3:a:suse:openstack_cloud:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 linux_enterprise_desktop 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_desktop 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_desktop:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp2:*:*:ltss:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp3:*:*:ltss:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_server 12 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_server:12:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit 11 cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit:11:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-3718

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 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.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.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://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html Mailing List Third Party 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.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29588 Vendor Advisory
https://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php Release Notes
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-3718 US Government Resource
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