CVE-2016-3715

CRITICALNVD 5.59.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because this CVE is listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (added 2021-11-03), indicating real-world exploitation has been confirmed by US federal agencies. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5 retained for reference. Confidence: HIGH.

Triggered by: CISA KEV (actively exploited)
Sources: cisa_kev, epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 5 sources updated this weekExploited in the wild
9.0EG
EchelonGraph verdictPatch nowTreat as an emergency — this is being exploited.
  • Actively exploited in the wild (CISA-KEV)
CISA-KEV: ExploitedEPSS PROB: 75%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: cisa kev · ssvc active · epss top5pct · epss high · public exploitExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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 v3
5.5
EG Score
9.0(high)
EG Risk
81(Attend)
EG Risk 81/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity90% × 45%
Exploitation100% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS PROB
75%
EPSS %ILE
99%
KEV
⚠ Exploited

Published

May 5, 2016

Last Modified

April 22, 2026

Advisory Details (4)

Auto-updated May 20, 2026
Patch available.
generic

oss-security - Re: ImageMagick Is On Fire -- CVE-2016-3714

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/18
generic Patch Available

[SECURITY] [DSA 3746-1] graphicsmagick security update

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746
generic

[SECURITY] [DSA 3580-1] imagemagick security update

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3580
generic
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0726.html

Patch Availability(2)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulibmagickcore4 (8:6.6.9.7-5ubuntu3.4) @ precise2026-07-27ubuntu
redhatImageMagick-0:6.7.8.9-13.el7_22016-05-09redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(2)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 61× in last 7d / 373× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 776 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-07-27 06:10 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-07-27 06:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-07-27 02:14 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-07-27 02:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-26 22:18 UTCVendor advisory
  6. 2026-07-26 22:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-07-26 18:22 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-07-26 18:22 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-07-26 18:22 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-26 14:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-26 14:26 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-07-26 14:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-07-26 10:30 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-07-26 10:30 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-07-26 10:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-26 06:35 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-07-26 06:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-26 02:36 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-07-26 02:36 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-07-26 02:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-25 14:13 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-23 01:22 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-07-22 22:02 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-07-22 21:04 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-07-22 21:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-07-22 19:40 UTCCISA KEV update
  2. 2026-07-22 17:07 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-07-22 17:07 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-07-22 17:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-07-22 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-22 13:11 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-07-22 13:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-07-22 09:16 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-07-22 09:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-07-22 05:20 UTCVendor advisory
  11. 2026-07-22 05:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-07-22 01:06 UTCVendor advisory
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  14. 2026-07-21 20:03 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-07-21 20:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-07-21 16:02 UTCVendor advisory
  17. 2026-07-21 16:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-07-21 14:37 UTCCISA KEV update
  19. 2026-07-21 12:07 UTCVendor advisory
  20. 2026-07-21 12:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-07-21 08:06 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-07-21 08:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-07-21 04:10 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-07-21 04:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-07-21 00:13 UTCVendor advisory
  26. 2026-07-21 00:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-07-20 20:17 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-07-20 20:17 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-07-20 20:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-07-20 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-07-20 16:22 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-07-20 16:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-07-20 12:24 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-07-20 12:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-07-20 08:29 UTCVendor advisory
  36. 2026-07-20 08:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-07-20 04:33 UTCVendor advisory
  38. 2026-07-20 04:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  39. 2026-07-20 00:37 UTCVendor advisory
  40. 2026-07-20 00:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  41. 2026-07-19 20:42 UTCVendor advisory
  42. 2026-07-19 20:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  43. 2026-07-19 16:47 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-07-19 16:47 UTCVendor advisory
  45. 2026-07-19 16:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  46. 2026-07-19 14:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-07-19 12:52 UTCVendor advisory
  48. 2026-07-19 12:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  49. 2026-07-19 08:57 UTCVendor advisory
  50. 2026-07-19 08:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  51. 2026-07-19 05:02 UTCEG score recompute
  52. 2026-07-19 05:02 UTCVendor advisory
  53. 2026-07-19 05:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  54. 2026-07-19 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  55. 2026-07-19 02:26 UTCEPSS rescore
  56. 2026-07-19 01:05 UTCVendor advisory
  57. 2026-07-19 01:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  58. 2026-07-18 21:08 UTCVendor advisory
  59. 2026-07-18 21:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  60. 2026-07-18 17:12 UTCVendor advisory
  61. 2026-07-18 17:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  62. 2026-07-18 13:16 UTCEG score recompute
  63. 2026-07-18 13:16 UTCVendor advisory
  64. 2026-07-18 13:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  65. 2026-07-18 10:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  66. 2026-07-18 10:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  67. 2026-07-18 09:20 UTCVendor advisory
  68. 2026-07-18 09:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  69. 2026-07-18 05:24 UTCVendor advisory
  70. 2026-07-18 05:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
  71. 2026-07-18 01:29 UTCVendor advisory
  72. 2026-07-18 01:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  73. 2026-07-17 21:34 UTCVendor advisory
  74. 2026-07-17 21:34 UTCGHSA enrichment
  75. 2026-07-17 17:38 UTCVendor advisory

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain (1 Exploit-DB entry). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Exploit-DBEDB-39767
    First seen May 4, 2016

    ImageMagick 7.0.1-0 / 6.9.3-9 - 'ImageTragick ' Multiple Vulnerabilities

    Open source ↗

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Frequently asked(6)

What is CVE-2016-3715?
CVE-2016-3715 is a critical vulnerability published on May 5, 2016. 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.
When was CVE-2016-3715 disclosed?
CVE-2016-3715 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on May 5, 2016, with the most recent update on April 22, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2016-3715 actively exploited?
Yes. CISA added CVE-2016-3715 to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on November 3, 2021, affecting ImageMagick ImageMagick. KEV listing indicates confirmed exploitation in the wild; this CVE warrants immediate patching attention.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2016-3715?
CVE-2016-3715 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0.
Which products are affected by CVE-2016-3715?
CVE-2016-3715 affects ImageMagick ImageMagick. The full affected-products list, including version ranges and fixed versions, is shown in the Affected Packages section of this page.
How do I remediate CVE-2016-3715?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2016-3715, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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