[Poppler-bugs] [Bug 70257] New: PDF file makes pdftoppm leak memory until it crashes or the OS kills it

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https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70257

          Priority: medium
            Bug ID: 70257
          Assignee: poppler-bugs at lists.freedesktop.org
           Summary: PDF file makes pdftoppm leak memory until it crashes
                    or the OS kills it
          Severity: normal
    Classification: Unclassified
                OS: All
          Reporter: a4948902 at drdrb.com
          Hardware: All
            Status: NEW
           Version: unspecified
         Component: general
           Product: poppler

Created attachment 87259
  --> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=87259&action=edit
pdf file that gobbles up RAM

Hello,

I came across poppler and specifically, pdftoppm through its use in Calibre.
Calibre uses pdftoppm to render cover pages of imported PDF files.

I've noticed that sometimes pdftoppm crashes and brings the whole system to a
halt when it cannot render some PDF files. It just gobbles up gigs of RAM until
it crashes or the OS kills it. Kovid, of Calibre, has told me that the
component at fault is pdftoppm and after looking at top stats, I can confirm
it.

The PDF file opens fine in all PDF viewers I've tried.

Thanks for looking into this and hope this gets fixed so it can go into
Calibre.

Thanks again.

Melanie

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