The problem may be related to how exactly an XML file is embedded inside the RFC PDF documents. See https://mailarchive.ietf.org/arch/msg/tools-discuss/12Efvwr7KXrgjVTWpaR4pa2hv-U .
Removing the embedded file with 'pdftk rfc8798.pdf cat output rfc8798-no_xml.pdf' results in a PDF that evince can display. Re-adding the embedded XML file with 'pdftk rfc8798-no_xml.pdf attach_file rfc8798.xml output rfc8798-pdftk-embed.pdf' again results in a PDF that works fine with evince. Thus it is not the fact that an XML file is embedded that results in the evince crash, but rather the exact procedure used respective the specific result of document processing as done when creating a PDF rendering of an RFC for publication. This still is a bug in evince, because evince is not supposed to perform invalid memory accesses and crash. Especially since other PDF viewers (e.g., Firefox) can display the PDF without visible problems (MuPDF creates error and warning messages, but still displays the PDF correctly). -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1885313 Title: evince crashes when opening rfc8798.pdf Status in evince package in Ubuntu: New Status in evince package in Debian: Unknown Bug description: evince reproducabely crashes when opening the file rfc8798.pdf from https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc8798.pdf: $ evince --version GNOME Document Viewer 3.28.4 $ evince rfc8798.pdf Segmentation fault (core dumped) $ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS" Required information: 1) Ubuntu release info: $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS Release: 18.04 2) Package version info: $ apt-cache policy evince evince: Installed: 3.28.4-0ubuntu1.2 Candidate: 3.28.4-0ubuntu1.2 Version table: *** 3.28.4-0ubuntu1.2 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64 Packages 500 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3.28.2-1 500 500 http://de.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/main amd64 Packages 3) Expected outcome: I expected evince to successfully open the PDF, allowing me to read the document. 4) Observed behavior: The default PDF reader of Ubuntu, evince, crashed (reporting a "segmentation fault". To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1885313/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
