# CVE-2016-3718: ImageMagick Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability

> CVE-2016-3718: ImageMagick Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) Vulnerability. CVSS 5.5 (CVSS 3.1), in CISA KEV.

Canonical: https://rewindex.com/cve/CVE-2016-3718
Last updated: 2025-10-21T23:55:52Z

- Published: 2016-05-05 18:00 UTC · Updated: 2025-10-21 23:55 UTC · Assigner: redhat
- CVSS: 5.5 (CVSS 3.1) · Severity: Medium · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS: 75.7%, 100th percentile (scored 2026-10-25)
- CISA KEV: yes, added 2021-11-03, federal due date 2022-05-03, ransomware use: Unknown

## 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.

## CISA required action

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

## Affected vendors and products

- ImageMagick: ImageMagick

## References

- [CVE record on cve.org](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3718)
- [NVD entry](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3718)
- [http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLog](http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLog)
- [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00024.html](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00024.html)
- [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00025.html](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00025.html)
- [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00028.html](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00028.html)
- [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00032.html](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00032.html)
- [http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00051.html](http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00051.html)
- [http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0726.html](http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0726.html)
- [https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html](https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00009.html)
- [https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21](https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21)
- [https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39767/](https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39767/)
- [https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29588](https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29588)
- [https://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php](https://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php)
- [http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3580](http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3580)
- [http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/18](http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/18)
- [http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html)
- [http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html](http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html)
- [http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538378/100/0/threaded](http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538378/100/0/threaded)
- [http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.440568](http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.440568)
- [http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2990-1](http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2990-1)

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_Sources: CVE records from the CVE Program (cve.org). CVE® is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation. (https://www.cve.org/) This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. (https://nvd.nist.gov/) Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog from CISA. (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) EPSS scores from FIRST (Exploit Prediction Scoring System). (https://www.first.org/epss/)_


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