[PDFBOX-3609] ClassCastException in PDCIDFont.readWidths()

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.8.12, 2.0.3
• Fix Version/s: 1.8.13, 2.0.4, 3.0.0 PDFBox
• Component/s: PDModel
• External issue URL: https://github.com/mozilla/pdf.js/issues/7855
• Assignee: Tilman Hausherr
• Reporter: Tilman Hausherr
• Created: 30/Nov/16 17:07
• Updated: 25/Mar/17 18:12
• Resolved: 30/Nov/16 19:50

Description

Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSObject cannot be cast to org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSNumber
    org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDCIDFont.readWidths(PDCIDFont.java:88)
    org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDCIDFont.<init>(PDCIDFont.java:65)
    org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDCIDFontType2.<init>(PDCIDFontType2.java:83)
    org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDCIDFontType2.<init>(PDCIDFontType2.java:70)
    org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDFontFactory.createDescendantFont(PDFontFactory.java:125)

The cause is an indirect object in the width array.

Issue Links

• links to: PDF rendered as blank in PDF with unusual font width array