CVE-2025-12418 — Potential Denial of Service in Supported Versions of Revenera InstallShield

Description (CNA)

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.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / product	Versions
Revenera / InstallShield	affected 2023.R1 through 2023.R2; affected 2024.R1 through 2024.R2; affected 2025.R1 before InstallShield2025R1-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch

CWE

CWE-59

References

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

ADP enrichment

CISA-ADP

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