CVE-2016-3714: ImageMagick Improper Input Validation Vulnerability

Severity: high (CVSS 8.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: yes — in CISA KEV since 2024-09-09
EPSS: 97.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2016-05-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

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."

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 12.04, 14.04, 15.10, 16.04
Debian Linux: 8.0, 9.0
ImageMagick: through 6.9.3-9; 7.0.0-0, 7.0.1-0
openSUSE Leap: 42.1
Opensuse: 13.2
SUSE Linux Enterprise: 12

References

http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLog
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://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00041.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00051.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152364/ImageTragick-ImageMagick-Proof-Of-Concepts.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0726.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3580
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/13

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