[PDFBOX-453] FlateFilter decode() throwing OutOfMemoryError

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.8.0-incubator
• Component/s: Text extraction
• Environment: OSX, Windows, Centos 5.2
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Paul Sowden
• Created: 07/Apr/09 16:45
• Updated: 21/Oct/09 09:52
• Resolved: 09/May/09 14:56

Description

When parsing certain PDF files an OutOfMemoryError occurs at FlateFilter line 100. The files in question are not big.

An exception occured in parsing the PDF Document.
java.lang.OutOfMemoryError
at java.util.zip.Inflater.inflateBytes(Native Method)
at java.util.zip.Inflater.inflate(Inflater.java:221)
at java.util.zip.InflaterInputStream.read(InflaterInputStream.java:135)
at org.apache.pdfbox.filter.FlateFilter.decode(FlateFilter.java:100)
at org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSStream.doDecode(COSStream.java:279)
at org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSStream.doDecode(COSStream.java:221)
at org.apache.pdfbox.cos.COSStream.getUnfilteredStream(COSStream.java:156)
at org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.font.PDFont.encode(PDFont.java:367)
at org.apache.pdfbox.util.PDFStreamEngine.processEncodedText(PDFStreamEngine.java:325)
at org.apache.pdfbox.util.operator.ShowText.process(ShowText.java:50)
at org.apache.pdfbox.util.PDFStreamEngine.processOperator(PDFStreamEngine.java:493)
at org.apache.pdfbox.util.PDFStreamEngine.processSubStream(PDFStreamEngine.java:214)
at org.apache.pdfbox.util.PDFStreamEngine.processStream(PDFStreamEngine.java:173)
at org.apache.pdfbox.util.PDFTextStripper.processPage(PDFTextStripper.java:335)
at org.apache.pdfbox.util.PDFTextStripper.processPages(PDFTextStripper.java:259)
at org.apache.pdfbox.util.PDFTextStripper.writeText(PDFTextStripper.java:215)
at org.apache.pdfbox.util.PDFTextStripper.getText(PDFTextStripper.java:148)