CVE catalog

CVE-2024-24259

Freeglut vulnerabilities

Severity: High · CVSS 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published: Feb 5, 2024, 6:15:52 PM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 1.15% · Oct 27, 2026

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

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	freeglut	sid	`3.4.0-6`	vulnerable
Debian	freeglut	forky	`3.4.0-6`	vulnerable
Debian	freeglut	trixie	`3.4.0-4`	vulnerable
Debian	freeglut	bookworm	`3.4.0-1`	vulnerable
Ubuntu	freeglut	noble	Not reported	vulnerable
Ubuntu	freeglut	noble	`3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1`	fixed
Ubuntu	freeglut3-dev	noble	`3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1`	fixed
Ubuntu	libglut-dev	noble	`3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1`	fixed
Ubuntu	libglut3.12	noble	`3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	freeglut	source	sid	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	[1063801]
Debian	freeglut	source	forky	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	[1063801]
Debian	freeglut	source	trixie	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	[1063801]
Debian	freeglut	source	bookworm	`(unfixed)`	unimportant	Not reported	[1063801]
Ubuntu	freeglut	deb	noble	`3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1`	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Ubuntu	freeglut3-dev	deb	noble	`3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1`	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Ubuntu	libglut-dev	deb	noble	`3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1`	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Ubuntu	libglut3.12	deb	noble	`3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1`	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported

[Debian bug #1063801]

OpenFactory catalog packages

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[freeglut3-dev]Affected
Source package: [freeglut]
Details (2)
- 3.4.0-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  usn · freeglut · debian · bookworm; usn · freeglut · debian · 12
- 3.4.0-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  usn · freeglut · debian · bookworm; usn · freeglut · debian · 12
[libglut3.12]Affected
Source package: [freeglut]
Details (2)
- 3.4.0-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  usn · freeglut · debian · bookworm; usn · freeglut · debian · 12
- 3.4.0-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  usn · freeglut · debian · bookworm; usn · freeglut · debian · 12
[libglut-dev]Affected
Source package: [freeglut]
Details (2)
- 3.4.0-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Affected
  usn · freeglut · debian · bookworm; usn · freeglut · debian · 12
- 3.4.0-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Affected
  usn · freeglut · debian · bookworm; usn · freeglut · debian · 12

[Debian 13 (Trixie)]

[freeglut3-dev]Affected
Source package: [freeglut]
Details (2)
- 3.4.0-4 · amd64 · trixie
  Affected
  usn · freeglut · debian · 13
- 3.4.0-4 · arm64 · trixie
  Affected
  usn · freeglut · debian · 13
[libglut3.12]Affected
Source package: [freeglut]
Details (2)
- 3.4.0-4 · amd64 · trixie
  Affected
  usn · freeglut · debian · 13
- 3.4.0-4 · arm64 · trixie
  Affected
  usn · freeglut · debian · 13
[libglut-dev]Affected
Source package: [freeglut]
Details (2)
- 3.4.0-4 · amd64 · trixie
  Affected
  usn · freeglut · debian · 13
- 3.4.0-4 · arm64 · trixie
  Affected
  usn · freeglut · debian · 13

Observed: Oct 28, 2026, 5:38:58 PM UTC

References

[CERT-Bund public advisories] · [Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [OSV Package Vulnerability Database] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX] · [Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)]