Memory leak in freeglut - CVE-2024-24259

Vulnerability identifier: #VU86368

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-24259

CWE-ID: CWE-401

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the glutAddMenuEntry() function. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.

freeglut
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Ubuntu
openEuler
Fedora
freeglut (Ubuntu package)
freeglut (Red Hat package)
freeglut-debugsource
freeglut-devel
freeglut-debuginfo
freeglut-help
freeglut
freeglut-doc

Install updates from vendor's repository.

freeglut (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 2.8.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 2.8.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1, 2.8.1-3ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1, 2.8.1-3ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1, 2.8.1-6ubuntu0.1~esm1, 3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1, 3.4.0-4ubuntu0.1, 3.4.0-5ubuntu0.1
freeglut (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 3.0.0-9.el8, 3.2.1-10.el9
freeglut-debugsource - update to 3.0.0-11
freeglut-devel - update to 3.0.0-11
freeglut-debuginfo - update to 3.0.0-11
freeglut-help - update to 3.0.0-11
freeglut - update to 3.0.0-11
freeglut - addressed in versions 3.2.1-10.0.1, 3.4.0-2, 3.4.0-3
freeglut-devel - addressed in versions 3.2.1-10.0.1, 3.4.0-2, 3.4.0-3
freeglut-doc - addressed in versions 3.2.1-10.0.1, 3.4.0-2, 3.4.0-3
freeglut - addressed in versions 3.4.0-7.fc38, 3.4.0-7.fc39

• https://github.com/yinluming13579/mupdf_defects/blob/main/mupdf_detect_2.md
• https://github.com/freeglut/freeglut/pull/155

• Multiple vulnerabilities in freeglut
• Fedora 39 update for freeglut
• Fedora 38 update for freeglut
• openEuler update for freeglut
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for freeglut
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 update for freeglut
• Anolis OS update for freeglut
• Anolis OS update for freeglut
• Anolis OS update for freeglut
• Ubuntu update for freeglut