CVE-2023-4042
Ghostscript: incomplete fix for cve-2020-16305
Severity Score
5.5
*CVSS v3.1
Exploit Likelihood
*EPSS
Affected Versions
*CPE
Public Exploits
0
*Multiple Sources
Exploited in Wild
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*KEV
Decision
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*SSVC
Descriptions
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.
*Credits:
N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
- Decision:-
Exploitation
Automatable
Tech. Impact
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
- 2023-08-01 CVE Reserved
- 2023-08-23 CVE Published
- 2024-09-16 CVE Updated
- 2024-09-24 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-125: Out-of-bounds Read
- CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write
CAPEC
References (4)
| URL | Tag | Source |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| URL | Date | SRC |
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| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053 | 2023-12-27 | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4042 | 2023-11-14 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1870257 | 2023-11-14 | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2228151 | 2023-11-14 |
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | ||||||
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| Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
| Artifex Search vendor "Artifex" | Ghostscript Search vendor "Artifex" for product "Ghostscript" | < 9.51 Search vendor "Artifex" for product "Ghostscript" and version " < 9.51" | - |
Affected
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Codeready Linux Builder Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Codeready Linux Builder" | 8.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Codeready Linux Builder" and version "8.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Codeready Linux Builder For Arm64 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Codeready Linux Builder For Arm64" | 8.0_aarch64 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Codeready Linux Builder For Arm64" and version "8.0_aarch64" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Codeready Linux Builder For Ibm Z Systems Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Codeready Linux Builder For Ibm Z Systems" | 8.0_s390x Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Codeready Linux Builder For Ibm Z Systems" and version "8.0_s390x" | - |
Affected
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Codeready Linux Builder For Power Little Endian Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Codeready Linux Builder For Power Little Endian" | 8.0_ppc64le Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Codeready Linux Builder For Power Little Endian" and version "8.0_ppc64le" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" | 8.0 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux" and version "8.0" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux For Arm 64 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux For Arm 64" | 8.0_aarch64 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux For Arm 64" and version "8.0_aarch64" | - |
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems" | 8.0_s390x Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux For Ibm Z Systems" and version "8.0_s390x" | - |
Affected
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| Redhat Search vendor "Redhat" | Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian" | 8.0_ppc64le Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Enterprise Linux For Power Little Endian" and version "8.0_ppc64le" | - |
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