CVE-2016-8222 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting a signed kernel driver in the BIOS of some Lenovo ThinkPad systems. An attacker with Windows administrator privileges could exploit this to call System Management Mode (SMM) services, potentially causing a denial of service or altering BIOS settings like the boot sequence. While the CVSS score is 4.4, indicating a medium risk, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_10_ella_2_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_11e_beema_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_11e_braswell_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_11e_broadwell_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:lenovo:thinkpad_11e_skylake_bios:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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