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Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

CVE-2024-24259

High
7.5/10

Summary

The package freeglut was discovered to contain a Memory Leak via the "menuEntry" variable in the "glutAddMenuEntry" function in versions prior to 3.6.0-rc1. This issue also affects mupdf. This CVE shares fix commit with CVE-2024-24258.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • HIGH

CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime (memory leak)

'Missing release of memory after effective lifetime (memory leak)' is a weakness that occurs when software doesn't effectively release allocated memory after it is used. If not addressed, this enables attackers to launch denial of service attacks (by crashing or hanging the program) or take advantage of other unexpected behavior resulting from low memory conditions.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published