Confirmed with the example from https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/1803059/comments/10 , it's a regression from the poppler security update
** Changed in: poppler (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to poppler in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1807504 Title: Evince segfaults when opening PDF Status in poppler package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: After a recent poppler update neither Evince nor Qpdfview will open pdf files that opened before the update. These files open properly using gv (which uses Ghostview instead of poppler). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: libpoppler73 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.4 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-42.45-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-42-generic i686 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.5 Architecture: i386 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sat Dec 8 08:48:01 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-25 (834 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04.4 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release i386 (20160217.1) ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: poppler UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to bionic on 2018-08-14 (116 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/1807504/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp