Medium severity · published Nov 7, 2025
CVE-2025-12418
Potential Denial of Service in Supported Versions of Revenera InstallShield
5.6
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 5% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IN
InstallShield · Revenera
2023.R1 through 2023.R2; 2024.R1 through 2024.R2; 2025.R1 before InstallShield2025R1-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12418
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12418
community.revenera.com
https://community.revenera.com/s/article/CVE-2025-12418-Potential-Unintended-File-Deletion-Issue-Caused-by-InstallShield-Suite-Uninstallation-Process
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