CVE-2025-12418

MEDIUM

Revenera InstallShield <2025 R1 - DoS

Title source: llm

Description

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.

References (1)

[Various Sources] https://community.revenera.com/s/article/CVE-2025-12418-Potential-Unintended-File-Deletion-Issue-Caused-by-InstallShield-Suite-Uninstallation-Process

Scores

CVSS v4 5.6

EPSS 0.0006

EPSS Percentile 17.1%

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

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE

CWE-59

Status published

Products (3)

Revenera/InstallShield 2023.R1 - 2023.R2

Revenera/InstallShield 2024.R1 - 2024.R2

Revenera/InstallShield 2025.R1 - InstallShield2025R1-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch

Published Nov 07, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026