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CVE-2016-3714

8.4, high Known exploited

ImageMagick Improper Input Validation Vulnerability

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CVSS
8.4, high high CVSS v3.1
EPSS, next 30 days
97% higher than 99.9% of scored CVEs
Exploitation
Confirmed in the wild
Published
5 May 201610 years ago

Known exploited

CISA added this to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog on 9 Sept 2024. US federal agencies had to remediate by 30 Sept 2024, a deadline that has passed.

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

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."

Details

Vendor
ImageMagick and 4 more
Product
imagemagick
Weakness
CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)
Status
Analyzed
Updated
17 Jun 2026
Assigner
secalert@redhat.com

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

References 31

Exploit code 3

Patches and fixes 1

Advisories 25

17 more

Other references 2

The kind is read from NVD's tags where present and from the shape of the URL otherwise, so treat it as a hint.

Other ImageMagick CVEs

Every ImageMagick CVE we hold

Same vendor in what we hold, not a known link between the flaws.

  • CVE-2016-3715 ImageMagick Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability KEV EPSS 75% 5.5, medium
  • CVE-2016-3718 ImageMagick Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability KEV EPSS 76% 5.5, medium
  • CVE-2026-108693 ImageMagick Uncontrolled Search Path Element Vulnerability EPSS 0.1% 7, high
  • CVE-2026-86420 ImageMagick Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability EPSS 0.3% 7.5, high
  • CVE-2026-86421 ImageMagick Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability EPSS 0.5% 7.5, high

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Assembled from the NVD 2.0 API, the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog and FIRST EPSS. Scores are as of our last collection on 16 Oct 2026, not the live upstream state.