xpdf segmentation fault

[indium]

New bug since upgrade to 12.04:

I can start xpdf without a filename on the command line, but if I do give a filename on the command line, it crashes and spits out the text below. I suppose it is ghostscript/postscript language. Similarly: first opening xpdf and then opening a file from within the program gives a crash.

The output 'during' the crash is like this:
[@laptop:~]$ xpdf -cmd intensity_log.pdf
***** MediaBox = ll:0,0 ur:612,792
***** CropBox = ll:0,0 ur:612,792
***** Rotate = 0
q
cm 0.1 0 0 0.1 0 0
gs /R7
  gfx state dict: << /Type /ExtGState /OPM 1 >>
d [5 10] 0
w 0.625
M 3.8
RG 0 0 0
m 610 2120
l 5759.5 2120
S

.... more of this and at the end:

l 5582 3305
l 5603.5 3415.5
l 5624.5 3305
l 5646 3123.5
l 5667.5 3236.5
l 5689 3236.5
l 5710 3260.5
l 5731.5 3364
l 5753 3345
l 5759.5 3312
S
Q
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
[@laptop]$

... I don't see the 'core' dump file in the current directory.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
Package: xpdf 3.02-21build1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon May 7 10:17:50 2012
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LC_CTYPE=C
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=en_US.utf-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: xpdf
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-06 (30 days ago)

[gyula.magyarkuti (mgy)]

My story is completely the same after upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04.

[glennric (glennric)]

I have this problem too. A similar thing like this happened with Ubuntu 11.04 (I think that was the distribution at least).

[israel vainsencher (israel-mat)]

same with me,
Linux israel-PC 3.2.0-26-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 14 17:49:24 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

running on a samsung

[pamindic (pam-indicia)]

Got the same problem. Evince has stopped working too.

[Filipe Manuel Azinhal Funenga (ffunenga-deactivatedaccount)]

I'm running ubuntu server 12.04 and the same thing happens to me.

uname -a: (...) 3.2.0-26-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Thu Jun 14 17:49:24 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
ssh -X (...)
xpdf makes the seg fault :(

[David Sorkovsky (davidsorkovsky)]

Same issue here... 64 Bit Ubuntu Server 12.04

This build works... https://launchpad.net/~ursinha/+archive/ppa/+sourcepub/1709315/+listing-archive-extra

[Mboy (larsbehrens)]

Same here.

Ubuntustudio 12.04 64Bit
xpdf version 3.02
3.2.0-23-lowlatency #31-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 11 02:24:03 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[Logan Rosen (logan)]

indium, can you please attach a PDF that causes this crash?

[dreckkopf (dreckkopf)]

Same problem:

Opening this document http://www.berenddeboer.net/tex/LaTeX2ConTeXt.pdf
xpdf crashes after displaying first page.

Linux kobayashi 3.2.0-31-generic #50-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 7 16:16:45 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[protagoras (protagoras)]

Same here:

with this document http://www.berenddeboer.net/tex/LaTeX2ConTeXt.pdf or any other pdf I try to open, xpdf crashes a fraction of a second after displaying first page.

Linux prx2 3.2.0-32-generic #51-Ubuntu SMP Wed Sep 26 21:33:09 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[MMlosh (mmlosh)]

Tried in 12.10. Still doesn't work.
Although it stays visible way longer than before, allowing me to catch a quick glimpse of the document.

If I hit Ctrl+Z in time, I can actually read the first page!

It barfs a the pdf contents on the console, says "segfault" and quits.

[MMlosh (mmlosh)]

There is a PDF document linked in, marking confirmed... (But just any PDF would do it seems)

[Benjamin Griffin (bgriffin)]

If this is the bug I'm seeing, it is particular to this build of xpdf, since I cannot reproduce when I build xpdf from source.

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xpdf/+bug/1071425

[Logan Rosen (logan)]

Changing back to Incomplete, as indium, the original reporter, has not provided the PDF that causes this crash. All other PDF issues should be reported in separate bugs to be triaged separately.

[MMlosh (mmlosh)]

Am I supposed to deliberately post a duplicite bug report so I can provide my version of "just ANY nontrivial PDF file" ?

[Ronny Cardona (rcart)]

Hello,

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 943195, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

[indium (indium)]

Dear all,

Quite some time ago, after posting the original bug report,
I have found a patched version of xpdf that I now have put in the 'hold' status
in my ubuntu/debian package management system. That particular version does not
do the crashing as reported below, and I vaguely recall getting the patched version
from the replies on this bug report.

I have since then stuck to the patched xpdf version and I cannot test whether the
original version, or rather now the ubuntu 12.10 version, still crashes.

Indeed I did not send a pdf with the report, but at least 5 PDFs made that old version
of xpdf crash and none of those made evince crash, so I am confident that the pdfs are
fine. I realize that this makes debugging difficult.

If it helps, my current -working version- pdf is called:

xpdf_3.02-12ubuntu2nopoppler0_amd64.deb

I do not recall where I got it from.

Sorry for having no input for the debugging anymore. I have lost track and had to be
pragmatic on solving my problem.

thanks for all the attention.

indium

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 05:26:29AM -0000, Logan Rosen wrote:
> Changing back to Incomplete, as indium, the original reporter, has not
> provided the PDF that causes this crash. All other PDF issues should be
> reported in separate bugs to be triaged separately.
>
> ** Changed in: xpdf (Ubuntu)
> Status: Confirmed => Incomplete
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/995829
>
> Title:
> xpdf segmentation fault
>
> Status in “xpdf” package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> New bug since upgrade to 12.04:
>
> I can start xpdf without a filename on the command line, but if I do
> give a filename on the command line, it crashes and spits out the text
> below. I suppose it is ghostscript/postscript language. Similarly:
> first opening xpdf and then opening a file from within the program
> gives a crash.
>
> The output 'during' the crash is like this:
> [@laptop:~]$ xpdf -cmd intensity_log.pdf
> ***** MediaBox = ll:0,0 ur:612,792
> ***** CropBox = ll:0,0 ur:612,792
> ***** Rotate = 0
> q
> cm 0.1 0 0 0.1 0 0
> gs /R7
>   gfx state dict: << /Type /ExtGState /OPM 1 >>
> d [5 10] 0
> w 0.625
> M 3.8
> RG 0 0 0
> m 610 2120
> l 5759.5 2120
> S
>
> .... more of this and at the end:
>
> l 5582 3305
> l 5603.5 3415.5
> l 5624.5 3305
> l 5646 3123.5
> l 5667.5 3236.5
> l 5689 3236.5
> l 5710 3260.5
> l 5731.5 3364
> l 5753 3345
> l 5759.5 3312
> S
> Q
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
> [@laptop]$
>
> ... I don't see the 'core' dump file in the current directory.
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04
> Package: xpdf 3.02-21build1
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-24.37-generic 3.2.14
> Uname: Linux 3.2.0-24-generic x86_64
> NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia wl
> ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu7
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Mon May 7 10:17:50 2012
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
> ProcEnviron:
>  LC_CTYPE=C
>  TERM=xterm-256color
>  PATH=(custom, user)
>  LANG=en_U...