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CVE-2016-3715

CVE-2016-3715MEDIUM

n/a n/a — ImageMagick ImageMagick

  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   N   R  U  N  H  N    5.5   .7531   99.5   YES

AFFECTED
  Product  Versions  Fixed
  n/a      n/a –     —

TIMELINE
  Mar 30  Reserved by redhat
  May 5   Published (CNA: redhat)
  Nov 3   Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-05-03

CWE-552 · CNA: redhat · CVSS v3.1 · 21 references · KEV due May 3, 2022

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.

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
Date	Event	Detail
March 30, 2016	Reserved	Reserved by redhat
May 5, 2016	Published	Published (CNA: redhat)
November 3, 2021	KEV ADDED	Added to CISA KEV, remediation due 2022-05-03

Affected

Affected products and packages — 1 row
Vendor	Product / Package	Ecosystem	Version introduced	Fixed
n/a	n/a	—	n/a	—

Weaknesses

CWE-552

References (21)

http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLog [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00024.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00025.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00028.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00032.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00051.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0726.html [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3580 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/18 [mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538378/100/0/threaded [mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89852 [vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID]
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.440568 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SLACKWARE]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2990-1 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21 [vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO]
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-3715 [government-resource]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39767/ [exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB]
https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29588 [x_refsource_CONFIRM]
https://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php [x_refsource_CONFIRM]

Authoritative record: CVE-2016-3715 at cve.org

Weaknesses: CWE-552

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