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Medium 5.5Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published May 5, 2016
CVE-2016-3715The 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.
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CISA lists it as known exploited since Nov 3, 2021; federal agencies had to remediate by May 3, 2022. Treat that date as your deadline.
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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.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-552
- Known exploited
- Added to CISA KEV Nov 3, 2021; federal remediation due May 3, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 75.31% (percentile 100)
- Assigned by
- redhat
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Oct 21, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop | 6.0; 7.0 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_eus redhat:enterprise_linux_eus | 6.7; 7.2; 7.3; 7.4; 7.5; 7.6; 7.7 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems | 6.0_s390x; 7.0_s390x | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus redhat:enterprise_linux_for_ibm_z_systems_eus | 6.7_s390x; 7.2_s390x; 7.3_s390x; 7.4_s390x; 7.5_s390x; 7.6_s390x; 7.7_s390x | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian | 6.0_ppc64; 7.0_ppc64 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_big_endian_eus | 6.7_ppc64; 7.2_ppc64; 7.3_ppc64; 7.4_ppc64; 7.5_ppc64; 7.6_ppc64; 7.7_ppc64 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian | 7.0_ppc64le | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus redhat:enterprise_linux_for_power_little_endian_eus | 7.2_ppc64le; 7.3_ppc64le; 7.4_ppc64le; 7.5_ppc64le; 7.6_ppc64le; 7.7_ppc64le | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node | 6.0; 7.0 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus | 7.2 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_server redhat:enterprise_linux_server | 6.0; 7.0 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus | 7.2; 7.3; 7.4; 7.6; 7.7 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_server_from_rhui redhat:enterprise_linux_server_from_rhui | 6.0; 7.0 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus redhat:enterprise_linux_server_supplementary_eus | 6.7z | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus | 7.2; 7.3; 7.6; 7.7 | NVD |
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation | 6.0; 7.0 | NVD |
imagemagick imagemagick imagemagick:imagemagick | before 6.9.3-10; 7.0.0-0; 7.0.1-0 | NVD |
canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux | 12.04; 14.04; 15.10; 16.04 | NVD |
oracle linux oracle:linux | 6; 7 | NVD |
oracle solaris oracle:solaris | 10; 11.3 | NVD |
suse linux_enterprise_debuginfo suse:linux_enterprise_debuginfo | 11; 11; 11 | NVD |
suse manager suse:manager | 2.1 | NVD |
suse manager_proxy suse:manager_proxy | 2.1 | NVD |
suse openstack_cloud suse:openstack_cloud | 5 | NVD |
opensuse leap opensuse:leap | 42.1 | NVD |
opensuse opensuse opensuse:opensuse | 13.2 | NVD |
suse linux_enterprise_desktop suse:linux_enterprise_desktop | 12; 12 | NVD |
suse linux_enterprise_server suse:linux_enterprise_server | 11; 11; 11; 12; 12 | NVD |
suse linux_enterprise_software_development_kit suse:linux_enterprise_software_development_kit | 11; 12; 12 | NVD |
suse linux_enterprise_workstation_extension suse:linux_enterprise_workstation_extension | 12; 12 | NVD |
References
- http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLogx-refsource-confirm, broken-link, patch
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00028.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, third-party-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.htmlx-refsource-confirm, third-party-advisory
- https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29588x-refsource-confirm, exploit, vendor-advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00051.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, third-party-advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2990-1vendor-advisory, x-refsource-ubuntu, third-party-advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00025.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, third-party-advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538378/100/0/threadedmailing-list, x-refsource-bugtraq, broken-link, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39767/exploit, x-refsource-exploit-db, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00024.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, third-party-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.htmlx-refsource-confirm, third-party-advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/18mailing-list, x-refsource-mlist, third-party-advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746vendor-advisory, x-refsource-debian, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21vendor-advisory, x-refsource-gentoo, third-party-advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00032.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-suse, third-party-advisory
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.440568vendor-advisory, x-refsource-slackware, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- https://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.phpx-refsource-confirm, release-notes
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3580vendor-advisory, x-refsource-debian, mailing-list, third-party-advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0726.htmlvendor-advisory, x-refsource-redhat, third-party-advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89852vdb-entry, x-refsource-bid, broken-link, third-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-3715us-government-resource
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