# ImageMagick Improper Input Validation · pwn.watch

> ImageMagick contains an improper input validation vulnerability that affects the EPHEMERAL, HTTPS, MVG, MSL, TEXT, SHOW, WIN, and PLT coders. This allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a crafted image. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-09-09. CVE-2016-3714 was assigned before 2024; the KEV listing came in 2024.

Page: https://pwn.watch/i/imagemagick-cve-2016-3714 · generated 2026-10-23T01:56:39.502Z

## Status
- Severity: high · status: closed · patch: patched
- Product: ImageMagick
- Started: 2024-09-09 · closed: 2024-09-09
- CVEs: CVE-2016-3714
- Affected: See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)
- Fixed in: See vendor advisory linked in sources

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- JSON Feed: https://pwn.watch/i/imagemagick-cve-2016-3714/feed.json
- Full data (timeline, sources, posts, agentBrief): https://pwn.watch/i/imagemagick-cve-2016-3714.json
- This file: https://pwn.watch/i/imagemagick-cve-2016-3714/llms.txt

## Updates (newest first)
- 2024-09-09: CISA added CVE-2016-3714 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-09-30) (https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog)

## Fix brief
# Security brief: ImageMagick Improper Input Validation

Source: https://pwn.watch/i/imagemagick-cve-2016-3714 · status: closed (closed Sep 9, 2024) · severity: high · updated Sep 9, 2024

## Patch status
**PATCHED: fixed releases exist. Upgrade to a fixed version.**

## What it is
ImageMagick contains an improper input validation vulnerability that affects the EPHEMERAL, HTTPS, MVG, MSL, TEXT, SHOW, WIN, and PLT coders. This allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via shell metacharacters in a crafted image. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2024-09-09. CVE-2016-3714 was assigned before 2024; the KEV listing came in 2024.

Severity detail: CVSS 8.4 (v3.1, CISA-ADP), actively exploited (CISA KEV)

- Product: ImageMagick
- CVE / advisory ids: CVE-2016-3714

## Affected versions
- See vendor advisory (versions are not listed in the KEV record)

## Check whether you're affected
No generic command applies (the product is a hosted service, appliance or desktop app). Check the installed version in its admin UI / About screen and compare with the versions above.

## Fix
Upgrade to one of these fixed versions (or later on the same branch):
- See vendor advisory linked in sources

After upgrading, re-run the checks above and redeploy/restart the affected services.

## Latest updates
- Sep 9, 2024: CISA added CVE-2016-3714 to the KEV catalog (federal deadline 2024-09-30)

## Advisories
- [ImageMagick advisory: CVE-2016-3714](https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29588#p132726,) (ImageMagick)
- [ImageMagick advisory: CVE-2016-3714](https://imagemagick.org/archive/releases/) (ImageMagick)
- [NVD: CVE-2016-3714](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3714) (NVD)
- [CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog](https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog) (CISA)

## Caveats
Derived from the CISA KEV JSON feed (catalogVersion 2026.10.21); CVSS from the CVE record (cveawg.mitre.org). startedAt is the CVE publication date when it fell in 2024 before the KEV listing, else the KEV dateAdded; exploitation may have begun earlier. closedAt is the KEV listing date (a fix or mitigation was available then unless noted).

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