index out of bounds in pypdf._text_extraction.handle_tj #2320
Description
On decoding a pdf in the second line:
if orientation in orientations:
if isinstance(operands[0], str):
len(operands) == 0 and it raises an ex.
Should change it to:
if orientation in orientations and len(operands) > 0:
Environment
Which environment were you using when you encountered the problem?
$ python -m platform
macOS-14.1.1-x86_64-i386-64bit
$ python -c "import pypdf;print(pypdf._debug_versions)"
pypdf==3.17.1, crypt_provider=('cryptography', '3.3.2'), PIL=10.1.0Code + PDF
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Traceback
This is the complete traceback I see:
<our software>
page_text = page_obj.extract_text()
File "/Users/rgwood/mambaforge/envs/e_16730_w3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pypdf/_page.py", line 2279, in extract_text
return self._extract_text(
File "/Users/rgwood/mambaforge/envs/e_16730_w3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pypdf/_page.py", line 2115, in _extract_text
process_operation(b"Tj", operands)
File "/Users/rgwood/mambaforge/envs/e_16730_w3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pypdf/_page.py", line 2075, in process_operation
text, rtl_dir = handle_tj(
File "/Users/rgwood/mambaforge/envs/e_16730_w3/lib/python3.9/site-packages/pypdf/_text_extraction/__init__.py", line 220, in handle_tj
if isinstance(operands[0], str):
IndexError: list index out of range