# CVE-2022-25331: Denial of service in Trend Micro ServerProtect for EMC Celerra

> Remote attackers can crash the Trend Micro ServerProtect Information Server process by triggering uncaught exceptions.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 24 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r972-cxj5-p95x

## What is CVE-2022-25331?

CVE-2022-25331 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Trend Micro ServerProtect for EMC Celerra, published on 24 Feb 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Uncaught exceptions that can be generated in Trend Micro ServerProtection 6.0/5.8 Information Server could allow a remote attacker to crash the process.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25331?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Trendmicro Serverprotect, Trendmicro Serverprotect for Network Appliance Filer, Trendmicro Serverprotect for Storage.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-25331?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-25331 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-25331 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25331 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Trend Micro ServerProtect for EMC Celerra

- [CVE-2022-25329](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25329/): Hardcoded credentials in Trend Micro ServerProtect for EMC Celerra (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2022-25330](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25330/): Integer overflow in Trend Micro ServerProtect for EMC Celerra (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-36745](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-36745/): Auth bypass in Trend Micro ServerProtect for EMC Celerra (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-9034](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9034/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-24561](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-24561/): Command injection in Trend Micro ServerProtect for Linux (critical 9.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-25331 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-25331 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Trend Micro ServerProtect for EMC Celerra, published on 24 Feb 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25331 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Trend Micro ServerProtect for EMC Celerra. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25331/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25331/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25331
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25331
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-25331

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25331/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.