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CVE-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.

CVSS 5.5 (MEDIUM) KEV: KNOWN CATALOG

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE
0.0/10
REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY
8.2/10
General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: Exploitation recorded

Why this priority?
  • Recorded exploitation baseline: +7.00
  • Technical severity: CVSS 5.5: +0.82
  • Fresh EPSS: 75.31%: +0.38

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Sources: 6 documents and public datasets.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)
0/100
Press, 30 days (60%)
0/100
Grounded branding (15%)
0/100
HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

Hacker News
Press · 23 Jul 2016, 10:57 · OpenSSH server did not sanitize data received in request 2 enable X11 forwarding
Hacker News
Press · 05 May 2016, 10:42 · ImageMagick: Multiple vulnerabilities in image decoder(CVE-2016-3714)
Hacker News
Press · 03 May 2016, 19:20 · ImageMagick 0day RCE: CVE-2016-3714: Insufficient shell characters filtering
Hacker News
Press · 03 May 2016, 18:19 · Vulnerability in ImageMagick – CVE-2016–3714
Hacker News
Press · 03 May 2016, 17:03 · Remote Code Execution in ImageMagick (CVE-2016–3714)
See all 6 source documents
Hacker News
Press · 23 Mar 2016, 17:43 · Multiple CRLF injection vulnerabilities in session.c in OpenSSH before 7.2p2

Score evolution

● Hype   ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 8.2 (2026-11-02 15:12). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

1

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

Source entries and unverified repository candidates are counted separately.

Public exploit evidence
Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence
Exploitation recorded
Priority basis
Recorded exploitation; CVSS 5.5; EPSS 75.3%
Attention, last 30 days
0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential
local access, no prior privileges, user interaction.
Observed activity
Exploitation recorded in CISA KEV.
Known scale
Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis
Trusted exploitation confirmation

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:57:44.846931+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline
First press mention
23 Mar 2016, 17:43
Published
05 May 2016, 18:00
Latest press mention
23 Jul 2016, 10:57
Added to the CISA KEV catalog
03 Nov 2021, 00:00
Score calculated
05 Nov 2026, 13:57
PoCs on GitHub
1 repositories