{"id":"CVE-2023-4042","title":"Ghostscript: incomplete fix for cve-2020-16305","summary":"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.","severity":"medium","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cvssSource":"cna","cwe":["CWE-125"],"vendor":"Red Hat","product":"ghostscript","affected":["ghostscript (all versions)","ghostscript","ghostscript","gimp:flatpak/ghostscript (all versions)","ghostscript"],"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"partial","timestamp":"2025-07-01T13:58:03.963093Z"},"published":"2023-08-23","updated":"2026-11-07","sourceUpdated":"2026-11-07T11:31:56.924Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-4042","references":[{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053","label":"RHSA-2023:7053"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4042"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1870257"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2228151","label":"RHBZ#2228151"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"epss":0.00335,"epssPercentile":0.27049,"ingestedAt":"2026-11-07T12:16:41.118Z","slug":"CVE-2023-4042","body":"## Overview\n\nA 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.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `ghostscript (all versions)`\n- `ghostscript`\n- `ghostscript`\n- `gimp:flatpak/ghostscript (all versions)`\n- `ghostscript`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}