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    CVE-2023-4042

    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.

    Published:Aug 23, 2023
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2025
    EPS:Aug 23, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.00076
    CVSS Score:5.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Artifex
    Product
    Ghostscript
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Codeready Linux Builder
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Codeready Linux Builder For Arm64
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Codeready Linux Builder For Ibm Z Systems
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Codeready Linux Builder For Power Little Endian
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux For Arm 64
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers

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