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.

Published 2017-01-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-19

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/95844 (vdb-entry)
support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN-11306 (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.