Is CVE-2024-24258 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2024-24258 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2024-24258?

CVE-2024-24258 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2024-24258?

CVE-2024-24258 has an EPSS score of 1.15% (63th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2024-24258?

Upgrade freeglut on rhel 8 to 0:3.0.0-9.el8 or later. Fixes are available for 13 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2024-24258

HIGH

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

freeglut 3.4.0 was discovered to contain a memory leak via the menuEntry variable in the glutAddSubMenu function.

CWE-401Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)

How to fix

Remediation Available

freeglutRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.0.0-9.el8RHSA-2024:3120

Fixed in:0:3.2.1-10.el9RHSA-2024:2366

freeglutRocky

Fixed in:0:3.0.0-9.el8RHSA-2024:3120

Fixed in:0:3.2.1-10.el9RHSA-2024:2366

freeglut-debuginfoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.0.0-9.el8RHSA-2024:3120

Fixed in:0:3.2.1-10.el9RHSA-2024:2366

freeglut-debuginfoRocky

Fixed in:0:3.0.0-9.el8RHSA-2024:3120

Fixed in:0:3.2.1-10.el9RHSA-2024:2366

freeglut-debugsourceRocky

Fixed in:0:3.0.0-9.el8RHSA-2024:3120

Fixed in:0:3.2.1-10.el9RHSA-2024:2366

freeglut-debugsourceRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.0.0-9.el8RHSA-2024:3120

Fixed in:0:3.2.1-10.el9RHSA-2024:2366

freeglut-develRocky

Fixed in:0:3.0.0-9.el8RHSA-2024:3120

Fixed in:0:3.2.1-10.el9RHSA-2024:2366

freeglut-develRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:0:3.0.0-9.el8RHSA-2024:3120

Fixed in:0:3.2.1-10.el9RHSA-2024:2366

freeglutUbuntu

Fixed in:2.8.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7870-1

Fixed in:2.8.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7870-1

Fixed in:2.8.1-3ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1USN-7870-1

Fixed in:2.8.1-3ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1USN-7870-1

Fixed in:2.8.1-6ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7870-1

Fixed in:3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7870-1

Fixed in:3.4.0-5ubuntu0.1USN-7870-1

freeglut3Ubuntu

Fixed in:2.8.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7870-1

Fixed in:2.8.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7870-1

Fixed in:2.8.1-3ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1USN-7870-1

Fixed in:2.8.1-3ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1USN-7870-1

Fixed in:2.8.1-6ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7870-1

freeglut3-devUbuntu

Fixed in:2.8.1-3ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1USN-7870-1

Fixed in:2.8.1-3ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1USN-7870-1

libglut-devUbuntu

Fixed in:3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7870-1

Fixed in:3.4.0-5ubuntu0.1USN-7870-1

libglut3.12Ubuntu

Fixed in:3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1USN-7870-1

Fixed in:3.4.0-5ubuntu0.1USN-7870-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

1.15%probability of exploitation in 30 days

63rdpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 63% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

github.com

Other references4

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-13934	High	7.5	64%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-6304	High	7.5	63%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-12265	Medium	5.3	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2001-0136	Medium	5.0	45%	-	-
CVE-2016-4232	High	7.5	36%	-	-
CVE-2001-0543	Medium	5.0	21%	-	-

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