CVE-2025-12418 (GCVE-0-2025-12418)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-07 21:27 – Updated: 2025-11-13 14:26
VLAI?
Title
Potential Denial of Service in Supported Versions of Revenera InstallShield
Summary
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.
Severity ?
5.6 (Medium)
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
CWE
  • CWE-59 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Revenera InstallShield Affected: 2023.R1 , ≤ 2023.R2 (semver)
Affected: 2024.R1 , ≤ 2024.R2 (semver)
Affected: 2025.R1 , < InstallShield2025R1-CVE-2025-12418-SecurityPatch (custom)
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