CVEs / CVE-2016-3718
CVE-2016-3718: ImageMagick Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability
- Known exploited in the CISA KEV catalog since 3 Nov 2021
- medium 5.5 CVSS 3.1 (NVD)
- EPSS 75.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of CVEs (30 Oct 2026)
- Last changed at its sources
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Summary
ImageMagick contains an unspecified vulnerability that allows attackers to perform server-side request forgery (SSRF) via a crafted image.
Description
The (1) HTTP and (2) FTP coders in ImageMagick before 6.9.3-10 and 7.x before 7.0.1-1 allow remote attackers to conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via a crafted image.
Affected and fixed versions
| Product | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| n/a n/a | n/a | — |
Exploitation
| In CISA KEV since | 3 Nov 2021 |
|---|---|
| Due date for US federal agencies | 3 May 2022 |
| Used in ransomware campaigns | Unknown |
| Required action | Apply updates per vendor instructions. |
Severity
| CVSS 3.1 | 5.5 mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:NScored by NVD |
|---|---|
| Weakness | CWE-918 |
References
- CVE-2016-3718 on NVD
- CVE-2016-3718 in the CISA KEV catalog
- CVE-2016-3718 on OSV
- http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLog Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00024.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00025.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00028.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00032.html Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00051.html Third Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0726.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3580 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/18 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538378/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.440568 Third Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2990-1 Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39767/ Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29588 Vendor Advisory
- https://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php Release Notes
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-3718 US Government Resource
Sources
Exploitation status from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. EPSS scores from FIRST. Descriptions, severity and references from the National Vulnerability Database. Open-source package versions from OSV (CC-BY 4.0). Text is shown as each source states it; Stackurity does not edit it. Check the vendor's advisory before acting.
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