[PDFBOX-5315] Stack overflow in PDColorSpace.create()

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.20, 2.0.21, 2.0.22, 2.0.23, 2.0.24
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.25, 3.0.0 PDFBox
• Component/s: PDModel
• Assignee: Tilman Hausherr
• Reporter: Maison
• Created: 08/Nov/21 08:04
• Updated: 27/Jun/22 17:08
• Resolved: 08/Nov/21 17:07

Description

The fix of PDFBOX-4833 (handling of dictionary with /ColorSpace entry) introduces an infinite recursion bug in case the referenced dictionary is the color space itself.

Extract of a pdf that triggers the bug (see attachment):

18 0 obj
<</Type/XObject/Subtype/Image/Width 2794/Height 928/SMask 3 0 R/Length 13428/BitsPerComponent 8/Filter/FlateDecode/ColorSpace 18 0 R>>

 

Issue Links

• duplicates: PDFBOX-5467 StackOverflowError (PDColorSpace.java:224)
• relates to: PDFBOX-4833 PDColorSpace#create IOException, expected a name or array but got COSDictionary