CVE-2016-3714

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-09-09. Federal remediation due 2024-09-30.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatableyesAn attacker can reliably automate reconnaissance through exploitation, so this scales.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

97.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 99.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-05-05 18:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:55Z10 MO AGO

Reserved

2016-03-30

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.4)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

e2a31609457e60d8df6db094bcc1d13b1290c43a5d53ee377a05f0ac6c587ccf

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• www.securityfocus.com89848http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89848vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0726http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0726.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332492x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.kb.cert.orgVU#250519https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/250519third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152364/ImageTragick-ImageMagick-Proof-Of-Concepts.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-3714government-resource