CVE-2022-30702
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedTrend Micro Security 2022 and 2021 (Consumer) is vulnerable to an Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure vulnerability that could allow an attacker to disclose sensitive information on an affected machine.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceThis is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Trend Micro Security 2022 and 2021 consumer products that allows an attacker to read memory contents beyond allocated buffers, potentially exposing sensitive information from the affected system's memory.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 2022CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Check if Trend Micro Security is installedOpen Control Panel > Programs and Features, or run 'Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product | Select-Object Name, Version' in PowerShell to list installed softwareAffected if Trend Micro Security appears in the installed programs list
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Verify the exact product nameLook for 'Trend Micro Security' or 'Trend Micro Maximum Security' in the installed programs list or registry under HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UninstallAffected if The product name contains 'Trend Micro Security' (consumer version)
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Determine the installed version numberIn Programs and Features, click on the Trend Micro entry to see the version, or check the registry value 'DisplayVersion' under the product's uninstall keyAffected if The version is 2021 or 2022 (any minor version within these major releases)
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Confirm product type is consumer editionCheck the product name in Programs and Features or the registry - consumer versions typically show 'Security' or 'Maximum Security' rather than enterprise names like 'OfficeScan' or 'Worry-Free'Affected if It is a consumer product (not enterprise/server edition)
If Trend Micro Security consumer version 2021 or 2022 is installed, the system is affected by this out-of-bounds read vulnerability.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataApply the latest security update or patch released by Trend Micro for the affected Security 2022 and 2021 consumer products.
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- Review / QA1.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2022-30702 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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