{"id":"CVE-2016-8222","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-8222","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:03:53.593Z","title":"A vulnerability has been identified in a signed kernel driver for the BIOS of some ThinkPad systems that can allow an attacker with Windows administrator-level privileges to call System Management Mode (SMM) services.","description":"A vulnerability has been identified in a signed kernel driver for the BIOS of some ThinkPad systems that can allow an attacker with Windows administrator-level privileges to call System Management Mode (SMM) services. This could lead to a denial of service attack or allow certain BIOS variables or settings to be altered (such as boot sequence). The setting or changing of BIOS passwords is not affected by this vulnerability.","published":"2016-11-30T15:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:54:02.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"psirt@lenovo.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":4.4,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-284"],"affected":["lenovo/thinkpad 10 ella 2 bios","lenovo/thinkpad 11e beema bios","lenovo/thinkpad 11e braswell bios","lenovo/thinkpad 11e broadwell bios","lenovo/thinkpad 11e skylake bios","lenovo/thinkpad 13e bios","lenovo/thinkpad e450 bios","lenovo/thinkpad e450c bios","lenovo/thinkpad e455 bios","lenovo/thinkpad e460 bios","lenovo/thinkpad e465 bios","lenovo/thinkpad e550 bios","lenovo/thinkpad e550c bios","lenovo/thinkpad e555 bios","lenovo/thinkpad e560 bios","lenovo/thinkpad e565 bios","lenovo/thinkpad edge e440 bios","lenovo/thinkpad edge e445 bios","lenovo/thinkpad edge e540 bios","lenovo/thinkpad edge e545 bios","lenovo/thinkpad helix 20cg bios","lenovo/thinkpad helix 20ch bios","lenovo/thinkpad l440 bios","lenovo/thinkpad l450 bios","lenovo/thinkpad l460 bios","lenovo/thinkpad l540 bios","lenovo/thinkpad l560 bios","lenovo/thinkpad p50 bios","lenovo/thinkpad p50s bios","lenovo/thinkpad p70 bios","lenovo/thinkpad s1 yoga 12 bios","lenovo/thinkpad s1 yoga non vpro bios","lenovo/thinkpad s1 yoga vpro bios","lenovo/thinkpad s3 s440 bios","lenovo/thinkpad s3 yoga 14 bios","lenovo/thinkpad s5 e560p bios","lenovo/thinkpad s5 yoga 15 bios","lenovo/thinkpad s540 bios","lenovo/thinkpad t440 bios","lenovo/thinkpad t440p bios","lenovo/thinkpad t440s bios","lenovo/thinkpad t440u bios","lenovo/thinkpad t450 bios","lenovo/thinkpad t450s bios","lenovo/thinkpad t460 bios","lenovo/thinkpad t460p bios","lenovo/thinkpad t460s bios","lenovo/thinkpad t540 bios","lenovo/thinkpad t540p bios","lenovo/thinkpad t550 bios","lenovo/thinkpad t560 bios","lenovo/thinkpad tablet 10 bios","lenovo/thinkpad tablet 8 bios","lenovo/thinkpad w540 bios","lenovo/thinkpad w541 bios","lenovo/thinkpad w550s bios","lenovo/thinkpad x1 carbon 20ax bios","lenovo/thinkpad x1 carbon 20bx bios","lenovo/thinkpad x1 carbon bios","lenovo/thinkpad x1 tablet bios"],"epss":{"score":0.00304,"percentile":0.23035,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.30%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94409","source":"psirt@lenovo.com"},{"url":"https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN_8327","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"psirt@lenovo.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94409","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN_8327","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8222","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}