[KEV] Vulnerability in Imagemagick (CVE-2016-3714)
Summary
Vulnerability in Imagemagick (CVE-2016-3714). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Listed in CISA KEV — actively exploited.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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."
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2016-3714 has been found in Imagemagick.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Note: CISA has officially confirmed this is actively exploited in the wild. Treat it with elevated urgency.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Imagemagick CVE-2016-3714" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2016-3714 (Imagemagick) — CWE-20
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Listed in CISA KEV — actively exploited, treat as top priority.
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-20) exists in Imagemagick.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Imagemagick.
Severity: High. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Listed in CISA KEV — actively exploited in the wild, treat as top priority.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Imagemagick' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'Imagemagick' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
Imagemagickを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Consider incident declaration escalate
Notify SOC / on-callCISA KEV登録済 = 実環境で悪用が観測されている。侵入の兆候があればインシデント対応宣言、無くてもパッチ適用までWAF強化を最優先で。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory NVD
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
- advisory lists.opensuse.org
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- advisory rhn.redhat.com
- advisory debian.org
- advisory debian.org
- advisory oracle.com
- advisory oracle.com
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- advisory imagetragick.com
- advisory security.gentoo.org
- advisory exploit-db.com
- advisory exploit-db.com
- advisory imagemagick.org
- advisory imagemagick.org
- advisory kb.cert.org
- patch git.imagemagick.org
- report bugzilla.redhat.com
- web cisa.gov
- web openwall.com
- web openwall.com