I can confirm that rolling back to libpoppler73_0.62.0-2ubuntu2.10_amd64.deb makes xpdf work again.
-- 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/1905704 Title: xpdf segmentation fault Status in poppler package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: When I installed the latest updates this morning, xpdf started crashing with all pdf files. xpdf uses libpoppler73:amd64 and this library was updated from version 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.10 to 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.11. xpdf itself was not updated. $ xpdf foo.pdf Segmentation fault (core dumped) (gdb) run Starting program: /usr/bin/xpdf.real [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1". Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x0000555555569173 in ?? () (gdb) bt #0 0x0000555555569173 in ?? () #1 0x0000555555565123 in ?? () #2 0x000055555556521c in ?? () #3 0x0000555555561616 in ?? () #4 0x00007ffff737ddb9 in Gfx::go(bool) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpoppler.so.73 #5 0x00007ffff737de8b in Gfx::display(Object*, bool) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpoppler.so.73 #6 0x00007ffff73c9e31 in Page::displaySlice(OutputDev*, double, double, int, bool, bool, int, int, int, int, bool, bool (*)(void*), void*, bool (*)(Annot*, void*), void*, bool) () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpoppler.so.73 #7 0x0000555555563af6 in ?? () #8 0x0000555555566aa0 in ?? () #9 0x000055555556ca31 in ?? () #10 0x00005555555619c6 in ?? () #11 0x0000555555572e57 in ?? () #12 0x00007ffff79b7a78 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXm.so.4 #13 0x00007ffff79ee9e1 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXm.so.4 #14 0x00007ffff79eef65 in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXm.so.4 #15 0x00007ffff79c0bd3 in _XmDispatchGadgetInput () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXm.so.4 #16 0x00007ffff7a6dae2 in _XmGadgetActivate () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXm.so.4 #17 0x00007ffff7050a0d in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXt.so.6 #18 0x00007ffff7051937 in _XtTranslateEvent () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXt.so.6 #19 0x00007ffff7029e52 in XtDispatchEventToWidget () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXt.so.6 #20 0x00007ffff702a83d in ?? () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXt.so.6 #21 0x00007ffff702a919 in XtDispatchEvent () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXt.so.6 #22 0x00007ffff70365cf in XtAppProcessEvent () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXt.so.6 #23 0x00007ffff702ad2d in XtAppMainLoop () from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXt.so.6 #24 0x0000555555561115 in ?? () #25 0x00007ffff6140bf7 in __libc_start_main (main=0x555555560b30, argc=1, argv=0x7fffffffde78, init=<optimized out>, fini=<optimized out>, rtld_fini=<optimized out>, stack_end=0x7fffffffde68) at ../csu/libc-start.c:310 #26 0x000055555556146a in ?? () $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS Release: 18.04 $ dpkg -l|grep xpdf ii xpdf 3.04-7 amd64 Portable Document Format (PDF) reader ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: libpoppler73:amd64 0.62.0-2ubuntu2.11 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-74.84-generic 4.15.18 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-74-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.20 Architecture: amd64 Date: Thu Nov 26 11:57:55 2020 SourcePackage: poppler UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/poppler/+bug/1905704/+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