Exploitation evidence
Known exploited · CISA KEV listed
Added 2021-11-03. Ransomware campaign use: Unknown.
CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
CISA due date: 2022-05-03. This is the catalog’s deadline, not an assessment of your organization’s exposure.
KEV checked 13 Nov 2026, 00:20 Jerusalem · Original catalog ↗Reported products and versions
n/a / n/a
Default status: Not specified
- affected: n/a
Fixes and workarounds
No explicit solution text in the downloaded CVE record. Consult the vendor advisory; unaffected version ranges are shown above as reported, not inferred as a patch recommendation.
Sources and related reporting
CVE Program record ↗ · Download tracked evidence as JSON
- http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLog
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00028.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29588
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00051.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2990-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00025.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/538378/100/0/threaded
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39767/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00024.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjul2016-3090568.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/03/18
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3746
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-21
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00032.html
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.440568
- https://www.imagemagick.org/script/changelog.php
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3580
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0726.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89852
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-3715
Observed change timeline
History begins when Egret first downloads each source. It is not the complete upstream CVE history.
12 Nov 2026, 18:20 Jerusalem · EPSS observation updated
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}07 Nov 2026, 06:20 Jerusalem · CVE Program record changed
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}03 Nov 2026, 02:22 Jerusalem · CISA KEV status changed
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