USN-7870-1: Freeglut vulnerabilities

Publication date

17 November 2025

Overview

Several security issues were fixed in Freeglut.


Packages

  • freeglut - Free implementation of the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT)

Details

It was discovered that Freeglut incorrectly managed memory, resulting in a
memory leak. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service.

It was discovered that Freeglut incorrectly managed memory, resulting in a
memory leak. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a denial of
service.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
25.10 questing libglut-dev –  3.4.0-5ubuntu0.1
libglut3.12 –  3.4.0-5ubuntu0.1
25.04 plucky libglut-dev –  3.4.0-4ubuntu0.1
libglut3.12 –  3.4.0-4ubuntu0.1
24.04 LTS noble libglut-dev –  3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
libglut3.12 –  3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  
22.04 LTS jammy freeglut3 –  2.8.1-6ubuntu0.1~esm1  
20.04 LTS focal freeglut3 –  2.8.1-3ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1  
freeglut3-dev –  2.8.1-3ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1  
18.04 LTS bionic freeglut3 –  2.8.1-3ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1  
freeglut3-dev –  2.8.1-3ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1  
16.04 LTS xenial freeglut3 –  2.8.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1  
14.04 LTS trusty freeglut3 –  2.8.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1  

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