CVE-2016-8226
The BIOS in Lenovo System X M5, M6, and X6 systems allows administrators to cause a denial of...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-8226- CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-19
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2016-8226- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-9074 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2016-9074- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-r36x-m74h-q43p
The BIOS in Lenovo System X M5, M6, and X6 systems allows administrators to cause a denial of...
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.
- Record
GHSA-r36x-m74h-q43p- CVSS 3.0
- 4.9 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
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
- lenovo system x3950 x6 bios
- lenovo group ltd. system x m5, m6, and x6 bios
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2016-8226 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.9) in Lenovo Flex System X240 M5 Bios, published January 26, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.92%, the 60th percentile. No source names a fixed version.