CVE-2024-24258 (GCVE-0-2024-24258)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-02-05 00:00 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:29
VLAI
Summary
freeglut 3.4.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the menuEntry variable in the glutAddSubMenu function.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Assigner
References
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