What is CVE-2016-8226?

CVE-2016-8226 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Flex System X240 M5 Bios, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2017-01-26.

How severe is CVE-2016-8226?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Lenovo Flex System X240 M5 Bios

CVE-2016-8226

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.

EPSS: 0.009 (56.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

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

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-19

References

psirt@lenovo.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
psirt@lenovo.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-8226?: CVE-2016-8226 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Lenovo Flex System X240 M5 Bios, classified under CWE-19. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2017-01-26.
How severe is CVE-2016-8226?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.