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

Exploited in the wild Medium 5.5 Published Updated

Remote attackers can perform server-side request forgery attacks via crafted images in ImageMagick's HTTP and FTP coders.

Exploited in the wild
Since 3 Nov 2021
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2016-3718?

CVE-2016-3718 is a medium-severity server-side request forgery vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 5 May 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-918

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3718?

It affects 30 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Imagemagick Imagemagick, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Linux, Oracle Solaris and 24 more.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3718?

Upgrade to a fixed version. US federal agencies must fix it by 3 May 2022.

Upgrade, and send outbound requests through an allow-list that blocks internal addresses. More about Server-side request forgery.

Is CVE-2016-3718 being exploited?

Yes. Attackers have exploited CVE-2016-3718 in the wild since at least 3 Nov 2021.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-3718, GHSA-q994-gg9f-3g56, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3718.

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