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CVE-2024-24259

freeglut: memory leak via glutAddMenuEntry() function

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.3

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 12, 2024

Updated · November 21, 2025

Description

A memory leak flaw was found in the glutAddMenuEntry function of freeglut, an open-source alternative to the OpenGL Utility Toolkit. This issue may allow an attacker to launch a denial of service attack by crashing or hanging the program or take advantage of other unexpected program behavior resulting from a low memory condition.

Statement

The flaw allows an attacker to potentially cause a denial of service attack by crashing a program, but the impact is minimal.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime