How severe is CVE-2016-3714?

CVE-2016-3714 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.4 (HIGH). EPSS estimates a 97.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

CVE-2016-3714: ImageMagick Improper Input Validation

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities

ImageMagick Improper Input Validation Vulnerability is confirmed as actively exploited and is listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Added to KEV

2024-09-09

Remediation due

2024-09-30

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

CISA notes
This vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more information, please see: https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29588#p132726, https://imagemagick.org/archive/releases/; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3714

Description

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."

Severity

CVSS 3.1 · CISA8.4 HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

SSVC · CISA-ADP

Exploitationactive

Automatableyes

Technical impacttotal

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions
-	-	n/a

References

30 Links

Vendor advisories

Exploits & PoCs

Third-party advisories

VU#250519

Mailing lists

Vulnerability databases

Other references

Record Details

Published

2016-05-05

Last updated

2025-10-21

Assigner (CNA)

redhat

Credited to

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