CVE-2006-2537: Horizontal Shooter Bor

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple format string vulnerabilities in (a) OpenBOR 2.0046 and earlier, (b) Beats of Rage (BOR) 1.0029 and earlier, and (c) Horizontal Shooter BOR (HOR) 2.0000 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute code via format string specifiers in configurations used in various mod files, as demonstrated by the (1) music identifier in data/scenes/intro.txt, which is not properly handled in the update function, and (2) background identifier in data/easy/1aeasy.txt, which is not properly handled in the shutdown function.

Affected products

• Horizontal Shooter Bor Horizontal Shooter Bor: up to and including 2.0000
• Openbor Openbor: up to and including 2.0046
• Senile Team Beats Of Rage: up to and including 1.0029

Published 2006-05-22. Last modified 2026-06-16.