CVE-2025-12418Potential Denial of Service in Supported Versions of Revenera InstallShield
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Potential Denial of Service issue in all supported versions of Revenera InstallShield version 2025 R1, 2024 R2, 2023 R2, and prior. When e.g., a local administrator performs an uninstall, a symlink may get followed on removal of a user writeable configuration directory and induce a Denial of Service as a result. The issue is resolved through the hotfixes InstallShield2025R1-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch, InstallShield2024R2-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch, and InstallShield2023R2-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch.
- CVSS
- 5.6 MEDIUM (v4.0, CNA)CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-59
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- flexera
- NVD analysis
- Deferred
- Record last updated
- Nov 13, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Revenera InstallShield revenera:installshield (from the name) | from 2023.R1 through 2023.R2; fixed at InstallShield2023R2-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch; from 2024.R1 through 2024.R2; fixed at InstallShield2024R2-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch; from 2025.R1 before InstallShield2025R1-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch | CNA record |
References
- https://community.revenera.com/s/article/CVE-2025-12418-Potential-Unintended-File-Deletion-Issue-Caused-by-InstallShield-Suite-Uninstallation-Process
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