CVE-2023-4042 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ghostscript, specifically affecting the package shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. This flaw, a previously unaddressed fix for CVE-2020-16305, could lead to a denial of service (availability impact) if a user opens a malicious file. While the attack requires user interaction, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 9.51CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:artifex:ghostscript:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0_aarch64CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_arm64:8.0_aarch64:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0_s390xCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_ibm_z_systems:8.0_s390x:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0_ppc64leCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:codeready_linux_builder_for_power_little_endian:8.0_ppc64le:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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