[PDFBOX-5803] Splitter throws NullPointerException when splitting certain PDFs

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Critical
• Resolution: Duplicate
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.31
• Component/s: Utilities
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Asger Hautop Drewsen
• Created: 16/Apr/24 08:02
• Updated: 17/Apr/24 17:13
• Resolved: 17/Apr/24 17:13

Description

Starting with version 2.0.31 (version 2.0.30 is not affected) some PDFs result in the following exception to be thrown:

java.lang.NullPointerException: Cannot invoke "org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.PDPage.getCOSObject()" because the return value of "org.apache.pdfbox.pdmodel.interactive.documentnavigation.destination.PDPageDestination.getPage()" is null
        at org.apache.pdfbox.multipdf.Splitter.fixDestinations(Splitter.java:153)
        at org.apache.pdfbox.multipdf.Splitter.split(Splitter.java:136)
        at ...

For instance it happens with the following PDF file: https://ptgmedia.pearsoncmg.com/images/9780132350884/samplepages/9780132350884.pdf

Issue Links

• duplicates: PDFBOX-5792 Regression NPE in Splitter