CVE-2023-4042

Published: Aug 23, 2023Modified: Jun 17, 2026

5.5

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.8 / Impact: 3.6

Source: NVD

Description

A flaw was found in ghostscript. The fix for CVE-2020-16305 in ghostscript was not included in RHSA-2021:1852-06 advisory as it was claimed to be. This issue only affects the ghostscript package as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Affected (9)

Products: Artifex: Ghostscript · Redhat: Codeready Linux Builder, Codeready Linux Builder For Arm64, Codeready Linux Builder For Ibm Z Systems, Codeready Linux Builder For Power Little Endian, Enterprise Linux, Enterprise Linux For Arm 64, Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems, Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian

Artifex

1 product

Ghostscript

Redhat

8 products

Codeready Linux Builder

Codeready Linux Builder For Arm64

Codeready Linux Builder For Ibm Z Systems

Codeready Linux Builder For Power Little Endian

Enterprise Linux

Enterprise Linux For Arm 64

Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems

Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Artifex Ghostscript	Before 9.51

Configuration B

8 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Redhat Codeready Linux Builder	Version 8.0
Redhat Codeready Linux Builder For Arm64	Version 8.0_aarch64
Redhat Codeready Linux Builder For Ibm Z Systems	Version 8.0_s390x
Redhat Codeready Linux Builder For Power Little Endian	Version 8.0_ppc64le
Redhat Enterprise Linux	Version 8.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Arm 64	Version 8.0_aarch64
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems	Version 8.0_s390x
Redhat Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian	Version 8.0_ppc64le