CVE-2016-8226 (GCVE-0-2016-8226)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-01-26 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:13
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
4.9 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • Denial of service
Assigner
lenovo CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 36 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Lenovo Group Ltd. System X M5, M6, and X6 BIOS Affected: various
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Date Public
2016-12-15 00:00
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