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  "crds_version": "0.1",
  "kind": "base",
  "id": "crds:cve-2016-3714",
  "revision": 1,
  "title": "ImageMagick — shell metacharacters in a crafted image file",
  "summary": "Several ImageMagick coders before 6.9.3-10 and 7.0.1-1 pass parts of a crafted image file into a shell, so anything that converts user-supplied images runs the attacker's commands.",
  "source_type": "cve",
  "severity": "critical",
  "cvss": {
    "score": 8.4,
    "vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "version": "3.1"
  },
  "epss": 0.97485,
  "exploitation": {
    "known_exploited": true,
    "exploit_available": false,
    "attack_complexity": "low",
    "kev_added": "2024-09-09",
    "prerequisites": "The application must process an attacker-supplied image file."
  },
  "remediation": {
    "patch_available": true
  },
  "mitre_attack": [
    "T1190"
  ],
  "kill_chain": "initial_access",
  "recommended_action": "Upgrade ImageMagick past 6.9.3-10 or 7.0.1-1 now and restrict the enabled coders in its policy file; exploitation probability is near certain.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "provenance": [
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      "source": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3714",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-24T12:03:01.274Z",
      "confidence": "high",
      "extractor": "scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1"
    },
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      "fields": [
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      "source": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-24T12:03:01.274Z",
      "confidence": "high",
      "extractor": "scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1"
    },
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      "source": "https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3714",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-24T12:03:01.274Z",
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      ],
      "source": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3714",
      "retrieved_at": "2026-09-24T12:03:01.274Z",
      "confidence": "high",
      "extractor": "claude-code"
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "cve",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3714",
      "label": "NVD record"
    },
    {
      "type": "cisa",
      "url": "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog",
      "label": "CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog"
    },
    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "http://git.imagemagick.org/repos/ImageMagick/blob/a01518e08c840577cabd7d3ff291a9ba735f7276/ChangeLog"
    },
    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "https://imagetragick.com/"
    },
    {
      "type": "vendor_advisory",
      "url": "https://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=29588"
    }
  ],
  "published_at": "2016-05-05T18:59:03.273Z",
  "issued_at": "2026-09-24T12:03:01.274Z",
  "tags": [
    "imagemagick",
    "image-processing",
    "command-injection",
    "kev"
  ]
}