CVE-2016-8226

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Published 2017-01-26 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

4.9

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.9

Description

The BIOS in Lenovo System X M5, M6, and X6 systems allows administrators to cause a denial of service via updating a UEFI data structure.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

59%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
lenovo	flex_system_x240_m5_bios	`-`
lenovo	flex_system_x280_m6_bios	`-`
lenovo	flex_system_x480_x6_bios	`-`
lenovo	flex_system_x880_x6_bios	`-`
lenovo	nextscale_nx360_m5_bios	`-`
lenovo	system_x3250_m6_bios	`-`
lenovo	system_x3500_m5_bios	`-`
lenovo	system_x3550_m5_bios	`-`
lenovo	system_x3650_m5_bios	`-`
lenovo	system_x3850_x6_bios	`-`
lenovo	system_x3950_x6_bios	`-`

References

CWEs

CWE-19

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.