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Vulnerability · Published Feb 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

CVE-2024-24259

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity memory leak in the freeglut package (AlmaLinux). Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.1% (higher than 67% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.1%top 33.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

freeglut through 3.4.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the menuEntry variable in the glutAddMenuEntry function.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:8freeglut3.0.0-9.el8ALSA-2024:3120
AlmaLinux:9freeglut3.2.1-10.el9ALSA-2024:2366
AlmaLinux:8freeglut-devel3.0.0-9.el8ALSA-2024:3120
AlmaLinux:9freeglut-devel3.2.1-10.el9ALSA-2024:2366
Debian:12freeglutno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2024-24259
Debian:13freeglutno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2024-24259
Debian:14freeglutno fix listedDEBIAN-CVE-2024-24259
Rocky Linux:8freeglut0:3.0.0-9.el8RLSA-2024:3120
Rocky Linux:9freeglut0:3.2.1-10.el9RLSA-2024:2366
Ubuntu:25.10freeglut3.4.0-5ubuntu0.1UBUNTU-CVE-2024-24259
Ubuntu:25.10freeglut3.4.0-5ubuntu0.1USN-7870-1
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSfreeglutno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-24259
Ubuntu:26.10freeglutno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-24259
Ubuntu:25.10mupdfno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-24259
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSmupdfno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-24259
Ubuntu:26.10mupdfno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2024-24259

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
n/a n/a n/a

Weakness: CWE-401 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References