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.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-11-07T21:27:04.650Z

Last Modified :

2025-11-07T21:27:04.650Z

Source :

flexera
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-12418 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Revenera
  • Installshield
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URL Resource
https://community.revenera.com/s/article/CVE-2025-12418-Potential-Unintended-File-Deletion-Issue-Caused-by-InstallShield-Suite-Uninstallation-Process cve-icon cve-icon
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