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Vulnerability details: VCID-4ahm-1cab-auba
Vulnerability ID VCID-4ahm-1cab-auba
Aliases CVE-2023-4042
Summary ghostscript: Incomplete fix for CVE-2020-16305
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 5.0
Risk 2.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (1)
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
System Score Found at
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053
ssvc Track https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053
cvssv3 5.5 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-4042.json
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4042
ssvc Track https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4042
epss 0.00036 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-4042
epss 0.00036 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-4042
epss 0.00036 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-4042
epss 0.00036 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-4042
epss 0.00036 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-4042
epss 0.00036 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-4042
epss 0.00036 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-4042
epss 0.00036 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-4042
epss 0.00036 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-4042
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1870257
ssvc Track https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1870257
cvssv3.1 5.5 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2228151
ssvc Track https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2228151
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-4042.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2023-4042
2228151 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2228151
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream
cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::crb
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9
CVE-2023-4042 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4042
RHSA-2023:7053 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-07-01T13:58:03Z/ Found at https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:7053
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-4042.json
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4042
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-07-01T13:58:03Z/ Found at https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4042
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1870257
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-07-01T13:58:03Z/ Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1870257
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2228151
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:N/T:P/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2025-07-01T13:58:03Z/ Found at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2228151
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.10517
EPSS Score 0.00036
Published At April 2, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:53:00.030267+00:00 RedHat Importer Import https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2023-4042.json 38.0.0