CVE-2016-3714
ImageMagick: Improper Input Validation
As of , CVE-2016-3714 in ImageMagick is on CISA's list of exploited vulnerabilities: CISA listed it on . Our patch-first group: Patch this week.
- Exploited
- Yes: CISA listed it on 9 September 2024
- US federal deadline
- 30 September 202421 days after CISA listed it. US federal civilian agencies must fix it by then.
- Used in ransomware campaigns
- Not known to CISA
- EPSS score
- 0.97Higher than 99% of the CVEs EPSS scores. EPSS estimates the chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS when listed
- 0.97 on 9 September 2024EPSS on the day CISA listed it.
- Public exploit
- 1 Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries (1 verified)
- Fix
- Vendor advice: www.imagemagick.orgLinks below, from CISA's entry.
What CISA says to do
Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
CISA's required action
- www.imagemagick.orgThis vulnerability affects a common open-source component, third-party library, or a protocol used by different products. For more…
What the flaw is
ImageMagick contains an improper input validation vulnerability that affects the EPHEMERAL, HTTPS, MVG, MSL, TEXT, SHOW, WIN, and PLT coders. This allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a crafted image.
CISA's 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."
The CVE record's description, from redhat
- CVE published
- 5 May 2016
- Assigned by
- redhat
- CVSS
- 8.4 High (CVSS 3.1, from CISA-ADP)
- CWE-20
- Improper Input Validation
- CISA SSVC, exploitation
- active
- CISA SSVC, automatable
- yes
- CISA SSVC, technical impact
- total
Timeline
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 39767).
- The CVE record was published.
- Exploit-DB published an exploit (EDB-ID 39791).
- CISA added it to its list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- The US federal deadline to fix it.
Public exploits
Facts from Metasploit's module list and Exploit-DB's index; we never copy exploit code.
- Metasploit: ImageMagick Delegate Arbitrary Command Executionexploit module, rank excellent
- Exploit-DB: ImageMagick 6.9.3-9 / 7.0.1-0 - 'ImageTragick' Delegate Arbitrary Command Execution (Metasploit)EDB-ID 39791, verified by Exploit-DB, 9 May 2016
- Exploit-DB: ImageMagick 7.0.1-0 / 6.9.3-9 - 'ImageTragick ' Multiple VulnerabilitiesEDB-ID 39767, 4 May 2016
ImageMagick: other exploited entries
| Vulnerability | Product | Our group | Listed | Deadline | EPSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2016-3715Arbitrary File Deletion | ImageMagick ImageMagick | Patch this weekEPSS 0.75 | 0.75 | ||
| CVE-2016-3718Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) | ImageMagick ImageMagick | Patch this weekEPSS 0.77 | 0.77 |
Read further
- CVE recordcve.org
- NVD entrynvd.nist.gov
- CISA's catalogcisa.gov
- EPSS for this CVEapi.first.org