CVE-2017-17877 affects Valve Steam Link build 643 and its firmware, exposing devices via IPv6 TCP port 22 when the SSH daemon is enabled for local development. This critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) allows remote attackers to gain root access by guessing part of the MAC address, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, its high severity and ease of exploitation warrant attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 644CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:valvesoftware:steam_link_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.