What is CVE-2016-8103?

CVE-2016-8103 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Canyon Bios, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2016-12-08.

How severe is CVE-2016-8103?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Intel Canyon Bios

CVE-2016-8103

SMM call out in all Intel Branded NUC Kits allows a local privileged user to access the System Management Mode and take full control of the platform.

Published 2016-12-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (21.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 21st percentile — 21.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/95012 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
security-center.intel.com/advisory.aspx (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8103?: CVE-2016-8103 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Intel Canyon Bios, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2016-12-08.
How severe is CVE-2016-8103?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.