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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-7870-1
November 17, 2025

freeglut vulnerabilities
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A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 25.10
- Ubuntu 25.04
- Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Freeglut.

Software Description:
- 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.

Update instructions:

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

Ubuntu 25.10
  libglut-dev                     3.4.0-5ubuntu0.1
  libglut3.12                     3.4.0-5ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 25.04
  libglut-dev                     3.4.0-4ubuntu0.1
  libglut3.12                     3.4.0-4ubuntu0.1

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
  libglut-dev                     3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  libglut3.12                     3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
  freeglut3                       2.8.1-6ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
  freeglut3                       2.8.1-3ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  freeglut3-dev                   2.8.1-3ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
  freeglut3                       2.8.1-3ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro
  freeglut3-dev                   2.8.1-3ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  freeglut3                       2.8.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
  freeglut3                       2.8.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
                                  Available with Ubuntu Pro

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

References:
  https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7870-1
  CVE-2024-24258, CVE-2024-24259

Package Information:
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeglut/3.4.0-5ubuntu0.1
  https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freeglut/3.4.0-4ubuntu0.1