CVE-2023-4042
Ghostscript: incomplete fix for cve-2020-16305
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 5.5 Medium
- Published
- Aug 23, 2023
- Updated
- Nov 21, 2025
- Reserved
- Aug 1, 2023
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.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 5.5 Medium | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | redhat |
Weaknesses
- CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat |
|
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat | |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Red Hat |
References
- RHSA-2023:7053vendor-advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4042vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1870257
- RHBZ#2228151issue-tracking
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