USN-7870-1: Freeglut vulnerabilities

USN-7870-1: Freeglut vulnerabilities

Publication date: 17 November 2025
Overview: Several security issues were fixed in Freeglut.

Packages
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:

25.10 questing

• libglut-dev – 3.4.0-5ubuntu0.1
• libglut3.12 – 3.4.0-5ubuntu0.1

25.04 plucky

• libglut-dev – 3.4.0-4ubuntu0.1
• libglut3.12 – 3.4.0-4ubuntu0.1

24.04 LTS noble

• libglut-dev – 3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
• libglut3.12 – 3.4.0-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

22.04 LTS
jammy freeglut3 – 2.8.1-6ubuntu0.1~esm1

20.04 LTS

• focal freeglut3 – 2.8.1-3ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1
• freeglut3-dev – 2.8.1-3ubuntu0.20.04.1~esm1

18.04 LTS

• bionic freeglut3 – 2.8.1-3ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1
• freeglut3-dev – 2.8.1-3ubuntu0.18.04.1~esm1

16.04 LTS xenial

• freeglut3 – 2.8.1-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

14.04 LTS trusty
freeglut3 – 2.8.1-1ubuntu0.1~esm1