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CVE-2025-12418

Potential Denial of Service issue in all supported versions of Revenera InstallShield version 2025 R1, 2024 R2, 2023 R2, and prior.

MEDIUM 5.6EPSS 0.15%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.15%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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.

CVSS 4.0: 5.6 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS: 0.15% probability · 5th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-59
Source: PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com

References

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

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.