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CVE-2016-2243

Sure Start on HP Commercial PCs 2015 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BIOS...

7.9 High

Sure Start on HP Commercial PCs 2015 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BIOS recovery failure) by leveraging administrative access.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
High
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.42%Down 0.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.9

Sure Start on HP Commercial PCs 2015 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BIOS recovery failure) by leveraging administrative access.

Record
CVE-2016-2243
CVSS 3.0
7.9 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
5.4 MediumAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C
Weakness
CWE-284
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Sure Start on HP Commercial PCs 2015 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BIOS recovery failure) by leveraging administrative access.

Record
CVE-2016-2243
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-3327 No score

Sure Start on HP Commercial PCs 2015 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BIOS recovery failure) by leveraging administrative access.

Record
EUVD-2016-3327
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h8g3-63cv-v336 7.9

Sure Start on HP Commercial PCs 2015 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BIOS...

Sure Start on HP Commercial PCs 2015 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BIOS recovery failure) by leveraging administrative access.

Record
GHSA-h8g3-63cv-v336
CVSS 3.0
7.9 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-284
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2016-2243 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.9) in Hp 1000 Series Firmware, published March 4, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.42%, the 36th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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