CVE-2016-3715

ImageMagick: File deletion

Published May 5, 2016 CVSS 3.1 · 5.5 Medium EPSS 75.3% KEV · Listed
Description
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.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-484-1 graphicsmagick security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-486-1 imagemagick security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3580-1 imagemagick security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3746-1 graphicsmagick security update
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2990-1 ImageMagick vulnerabilities
References
Link Providers
http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLog cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00024.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00025.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00028.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00032.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00051.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0726.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3580 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/18 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538378/100/0/threaded cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89852 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.440568 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2990-1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3715 cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog cve-icon
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-3715 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3715 cve-icon
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39767/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29588 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php cve-icon cve-icon

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Oct 21, 2025, 11:55 PM
Reserved
Mar 30, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Analyzed
Published
May 5, 2016, 6:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:46 AM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
May 3, 2016, 12:00 AM