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CVE-2016-8222

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-11-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-284

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.

Affected products

• Lenovo Thinkpad 10 Ella 2 Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad 11E Beema Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad 11E Braswell Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad 11E Broadwell Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad 11E Skylake Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad 13E Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad E450 Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad E450C Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad E455 Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad E460 Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad E465 Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad E550 Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad E550C Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad E555 Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad E560 Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad E565 Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E440 Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E445 Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E540 Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad Edge E545 Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad Helix 20Cg Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad Helix 20Ch Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad L440 Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad L450 Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad L460 Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad L540 Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad L560 Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad P50 Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad P50S Bios: all versions
• Lenovo Thinkpad P70 Bios: all versions

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94409
• https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN_8327
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94409
• https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/LEN_8327

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