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Vulnerability · CVE-2016-3715

ImageMagick Arbitrary File Deletion Vulnerability

Published May 5, 2016 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · ImageMagick ImageMagick

Patch now

CVE-2016-3715 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm ImageMagick ImageMagick against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Medium5.5
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
75.31%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe canonical/ubuntu linux · cpe imagemagick/imagemagick · cpe oracle/linux · cpe redhat/enterprise linux desktop · cpe redhat/enterprise linux eus · cpe suse/linux enterprise debuginfo

ImageMagick contains an unspecified vulnerability that could allow users to delete files by using ImageMagick's 'ephemeral' pseudo protocol, which deletes files after reading.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • cpe canonical/ubuntu linux12.04
  • cpe imagemagick/imagemagickversion unspecified
  • cpe oracle/linux6
  • cpe redhat/enterprise linux desktop6.0
  • cpe redhat/enterprise linux desktop7.0
  • cpe redhat/enterprise linux eus6.7
  • cpe redhat/enterprise linux eus7.2
  • cpe redhat/enterprise linux eus7.3
  • cpe redhat/enterprise linux eus7.4
  • cpe redhat/enterprise linux eus7.5
  • cpe redhat/enterprise linux eus7.6
  • cpe suse/linux enterprise debuginfo11
  • vendor ImageMagick ImageMagickversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2016-3715

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2016-3715 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due May 3, 2022. Confirm ImageMagick ImageMagick against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with canonical/ubuntu linux 12.04; redhat/enterprise linux desktop 6.0; redhat/enterprise linux desktop 7.0; redhat/enterprise linux eus 6.7. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-284: Improper Access Control; CWE-552: Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties. EPSS 75.31%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. May 5, 2016 · Catalog

    Detected

    ImageMagick contains an unspecified vulnerability that could allow users to delete files by using ImageMagick's 'ephemeral' pseudo protocol, which deletes files after reading.

  2. Nov 3, 2021 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. May 3, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    ImageMagick contains an unspecified vulnerability that could allow users to delete files by using ImageMagick's 'ephemeral' pseudo protocol, which deletes files after reading.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-3715

    ImageMagick contains an unspecified vulnerability that could allow users to delete files by using ImageMagick's 'ephemeral' pseudo protocol, which deletes files after reading.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2016-3715

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2016-3715

    30-day exploitation probability 75.3%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference39767

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2016-3715

    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.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2016-3715

    ImageMagick contains an unspecified vulnerability that could allow users to delete files by using ImageMagick's 'ephemeral' pseudo protocol, which deletes files after reading.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.