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CVE-2023-4042

19
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 32nd percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: ghostscript-0:9.27-11.el8
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: gimp:flatpak/ghostscript

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2023-4042Low

ghostscript: Incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16305

Aug 23, 2023

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2023:7053
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / security/cve/CVE-2023-4042
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory