{"id":"CVE-2025-12418","aliases":["EUVD-2025-38323","GHSA-frcm-hvx7-5p9q"],"status":"published","title":"Potential Denial of Service in Supported Versions of Revenera InstallShield","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.","severity":{"version":"4.0","score":5.6,"vector":"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","level":"medium","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00162,"percentile":0.05444,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-59"],"published":"2025-11-07T21:27:04Z","modified":"2026-10-07T21:10:00Z","products":[{"vendor":"revenera","product":"installshield"}],"references":[{"url":"https://community.revenera.com/s/article/CVE-2025-12418-Potential-Unintended-File-Deletion-Issue-Caused-by-InstallShield-Suite-Uninstallation-Process"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12418"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-frcm-hvx7-5p9q"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2025-12418","title":"Potential Denial of Service in Supported Versions of Revenera InstallShield","description":"Potential Denial of Service issue in all supported versions of Revenera InstallShield version 2025 R1, 2024 R2, 2023 R2, and prior. 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