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CVE-2016-3715

MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · CWE-552 · actively exploited (CISA KEV)
5.5CVSS MEDIUM ● exploited
🔴 Actively exploited in the wild (CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities). Added to KEV 2021-11-03. US federal agencies must patch by 2022-05-03.

Summary

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.

Impact & exploitability

Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionRequired
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)89%

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

Affected products we track (2)

Recommendation

This vulnerability is being actively exploited in the wild — patch affected products urgently. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.

Official patch: http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLog ↗

Last checked: Wed, 10 Jun 2026 22:18:30 UTC