CVE-2016-2243 Denial of service in n/a
Local attackers with administrative access can cause BIOS recovery failure, leading to denial of service on HP Commercial PCs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-2243?
CVE-2016-2243 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 4 Mar 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Sure Start on HP Commercial PCs 2015 allows local users to cause a denial of service (BIOS recovery failure) by leveraging administrative access.
Weakness: CWE-284
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2243?
It affects 7 products.
Products include Hp 1000 Series Firmware, Hp 700 Series Firmware, Hp 800 Series Firmware, Hp Elitebook Folio 1012 X2 G2, Hp Z238 Firmware, Hp Z240 Firmware and 1 more.
How do I fix CVE-2016-2243?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-2243 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-2243 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2243 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h8g3-63cv-v336.