CVE-2024-24259

Publication date 5 February 2024

Last updated 18 November 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

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

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
mupdf	25.10 questing	Needs evaluation
	25.04 plucky	Needs evaluation
	24.10 oracular	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Needs evaluation
	23.10 mantic	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	22.04 LTS jammy	Needs evaluation
	20.04 LTS focal	Needs evaluation
	18.04 LTS bionic	Needs evaluation
	16.04 LTS xenial	Needs evaluation
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored end of standard support
freeglut	25.10 questing	Fixed 3.4.0-5ubuntu0.1
	25.04 plucky	Fixed 3.4.0-4ubuntu0.1
	24.04 LTS noble	Fixed 3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 2.8.1-6ubuntu0.1~esm1
	20.04 LTS focal	Fixed 2.8.1-3ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 2.8.1-3ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 2.8.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.8.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

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Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-7870-1
Freeglut vulnerabilities
17 November 2025