[PDFBOX-5405] "Page tree root must be a dictionary" when attempting to parse pdf

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Not A Bug
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.25
• Component/s: Parsing
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Johannes Wirkkala Westlund
• Created: 30/Mar/22 14:15
• Updated: 03/Apr/22 18:28
• Resolved: 03/Apr/22 18:28

Description

Hi,

I have a PDF file that throws the following error when I try to parse it:

Caused by: java.io.IOException: Page tree root must be a dictionary
    at org.apache.pdfbox.pdfparser.PDFParser.initialParse(PDFParser.java:198)
    at org.apache.pdfbox.pdfparser.PDFParser.parse(PDFParser.java:226)
    at org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument.load(PDDocument.java:1228)
    at org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDDocument.load(PDDocument.java:1202)
    at org.apache.tika.parser.pdf.PDFParser.getPDDocument(PDFParser.java:191)
    at org.apache.tika.parser.pdf.PDFParser.parse(PDFParser.java:149)
    at org.apache.tika.parser.CompositeParser.parse(CompositeParser.java:289)
    ... 5 more 

I have attached the file in question with this issue.

Might be related to PDFBOX-4915