xpdf.real crashed with SIGSEGV in CMapCache::getCMap()

[gtarantino]

xpdf crashed when I try to open a pdf file. The file doesn't display at all.

ProblemType: Crash
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.10
Package: xpdf 3.03-9ubuntu5
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.5.0-14.16-generic 3.5.3
Uname: Linux 3.5.0-14-generic i686
ApportVersion: 2.5.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: i386
Date: Thu Sep 13 04:48:03 2012
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/xpdf.real
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.10 "Oneiric Ocelot" - Release i386 (20111012)
ProcCmdline: xpdf.real
ProcEnviron:
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SegvAnalysis:
 Segfault happened at: 0xb74b7bd2 <_ZN9CMapCache7getCMapEP9GooStringS1_P6Stream+34>: mov (%esi),%eax
 PC (0xb74b7bd2) ok
 source "(%esi)" (0x00000000) not located in a known VMA region (needed readable region)!
 destination "%eax" ok
SegvReason: reading NULL VMA
Signal: 11
SourcePackage: xpdf
StacktraceTop:
 CMapCache::getCMap(GooString*, GooString*, Stream*) () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpoppler.so.28
 GlobalParams::getCMap(GooString*, GooString*, Stream*) () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpoppler.so.28
 CMap::parse(CMapCache*, GooString*, Object*) () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpoppler.so.28
 GfxCIDFont::GfxCIDFont(XRef*, char const*, Ref, GooString*, GfxFontType, Ref, Dict*) () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpoppler.so.28
 GfxFont::makeFont(XRef*, char const*, Ref, Dict*) () from /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libpoppler.so.28
Title: xpdf.real crashed with SIGSEGV in CMapCache::getCMap()
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to quantal on 2012-09-08 (4 days ago)
UserGroups: adm admin cdrom dialout lpadmin plugdev sambashare

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StacktraceTop:
 CMapCache::getCMap (this=0x0, collection=0xb88e1880, cMapName=0xb88e1858, stream=0x0) at CMap.cc:570
 GlobalParams::getCMap (this=0xb8862178, collection=0xb88e1880, cMapName=0xb88e1858, stream=0x0) at GlobalParams.cc:1911
 CMap::parse (cache=0x0, collectionA=0xb88e1880, obj=0xbfc59238) at CMap.cc:71
 GfxCIDFont::GfxCIDFont (this=0xb88e1258, xref=0xb88df940, tagA=0xb88e0b98 "F0", idA=..., nameA=0xb88df900, typeA=fontCIDType2, embFontIDA=..., fontDict=0xb88e11a0) at GfxFont.cc:1869
 GfxFont::makeFont (xref=xref@entry=0xb88df940, tagA=0xb88e0b98 "F0", idA=..., fontDict=0xb88e11a0) at GfxFont.cc:226

[Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros)]

Hi gtarantino,

please provide an example file which for sure causes the crash.

Please give a step by step description like pushing this button, choosing that, waiting for, and so on). Give a good algorithmic description, that is complete and can guide a beginner in xpdf to the point where the problem happends.

(step1,
 step2,
.
.
.
finished)

Both is essential.

After that set the status of this report back to new.

Thanks

[Logan Rosen (logan)]

This bug does not affect the xpdf-intl project, which just appears to be a fork of xpdf.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for xpdf (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[Tim Frost (timfrost)]

Still an issue. Running 12.10 64-bit, the attached file causes xpdf to crash, but acroread 9 is happy

tim@zaphod:~$ apt-cache policy xpdf
xpdf:
  Installed: 3.03-9ubuntu5
  Candidate: 3.03-9ubuntu5
  Version table:
 *** 3.03-9ubuntu5 0
        500 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ quantal/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
tim@zaphod:~$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 12.10
Release: 12.10
Codename: quantal
tim@zaphod:~$

[Tim Frost (timfrost)]

Crash file for latest attempt to openm PDF that causes crash

[Sasa Paporovic (melchiaros)]

Than the status of the report switches back to confirmed and the wrong upstream will be removed.

Could someone find the correct upstream project? Bugtracker of them and also opening a ticket there?

[Tim Frost (timfrost)]

Possible upstream site http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/home.html indicates no recent development :

From the home page:
 Current version: 3.03 (2011-aug-15)
Xpdf 3.03 supports PDF 1.7.

Is this a bug in xpdf or in libpoppler (as the version of xpdf that is used by ubuntu links against libpoppler):
tim@zaphod:~$ ldd /usr/bin/xpdf.real | grep poppler
 libpoppler.so.28 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpoppler.so.28 (0x00007f05fe3ec000)
tim@zaphod:~$ apt-cache policy xpdf libpoppler28
xpdf:
  Installed: 3.03-10ubuntu1
  Candidate: 3.03-10ubuntu1
  Version table:
 *** 3.03-10ubuntu1 0
        500 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
libpoppler28:
  Installed: 0.20.5-1ubuntu3
  Candidate: 0.20.5-1ubuntu3
  Version table:
 *** 0.20.5-1ubuntu3 0
        500 http://nz.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/main amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

See also http://dilfridge.blogspot.co.nz/2012/02/what-about-my-precious-xpdf.html (gentoo discussion, but may be relevant given the libpoppler usage)

[Florian Schlichting (fschlich)]

attached PDF file displays without crashing in xpdf 3.04-5, hence marking as "Fix Released"