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  2. PDFBOX-5397

Certain PDF cannot be processed

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    • Bug
    • Status: Closed
    • Blocker
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • 2.0.24, 2.0.25
    • 2.0.26, 3.0.0 PDFBox
    • Rendering
    • None
    • Important

    Description

      For certain PDFs where we use PDFBox to open a PDF, scan for defined dummy QR codes on it, and then replace the dummy with a real QR code, we either get the above error, or the process does not terminate.

      A sample file TET_5_4xxx_GR_00_00_XX_14_F.pdf or TSA_5_BF2x_GR_-1_01_XX_09_F.pdf .
      They both lead to the above problem.

      Our own analysis so far is that it might be the same issue as mentionend in https://stackoverflow.com/questions/69237146/pdfbox-renderimagewithdpi-hangs-sometimes

       

      For our company PMG Projektraum GmbH, Munich, Germany, this is an essential function. Currently users cannot download PDFs in most cases because of this: The download tries to add a QR code and never ends.

      It could be that the QR code on these PDFs causes issues because it is in a certain layer. We observed that in Adobe Reader we see a QR Code but with or own viewer it is invisible:

      This is TSA_5_4xxx_SH_XX_05_XX_03_F.pdf

      where we have the same issues

      Any idea, what this might be and how to solve it?

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          Tobias Hugendubel
        2. image-2022-03-23-12-25-56-963.png
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          Tobias Hugendubel
        3. TSA_5_4xxx_SH_XX_05_XX_03_F1.jpg
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          Maruan Sahyoun
        4. TSA_5_4xxx_SH_XX_05_XX_03_F.pdf
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          Tobias Hugendubel
        5. TSA_5_BF2x_GR_-1_01_XX_09_F.pdf
          1.87 MB
          Tobias Hugendubel
        6. TET_5_4xxx_GR_00_00_XX_14_F.pdf
          1.65 MB
          Tobias Hugendubel

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            tilman Tilman Hausherr
            th@pmgnet.de Tobias Hugendubel
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