What is CVE-2016-5729?

CVE-2016-5729 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Bios Efi Driver, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2016-06-30.

How severe is CVE-2016-5729?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Lenovo Bios Efi Driver

CVE-2016-5729

Lenovo BIOS EFI Driver allows local administrators to execute arbitrary code with System Management Mode (SMM) privileges via unspecified vectors.

Published 2016-06-30 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 30th percentile — 30.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Lenovo Bios Efi Driver

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/len_4901 (Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/91536 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-5729?: CVE-2016-5729 is a high-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Bios Efi Driver, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2016-06-30.
How severe is CVE-2016-5729?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.