Public bug reported:
When trying to display the PDF file rfc8655.pdf from
https://tools.ietf.org/pdf/rfc8655.pdf evince crashes:
$ evince rfc8655.pdf
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
I would have expected the PDF file to be displayed. Instead, evince
crashed and did not display the document.
The built-in PDF renderer of Firefox 70.0 does display the PDF
correctly.
Since the segmentation fault hints at a memory management error
triggered by external input this may have security implications. I did
not investigate this any further. I do not set the "This bug is a
security vulnerability" flag because I do not know if it really is (it
probably is, but I have no proof) and I do not want this bug report to
be private.
$ lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS
Release: 18.04
$ 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
$ evince --version
GNOME Document Viewer 3.28.4
$ cat /etc/lsb-release
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=18.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=bionic
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 18.04.3 LTS"
This is a fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS on x86-64 (the upgrade from
16.04 resulted in a non-booting system).
** Affects: evince (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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