Re: [libreoffice-design] pdf import design docs?

On 05.10.2016 23:50, Larry Evans wrote:
> On 10/05/2016 03:07 PM, Michael Stahl wrote:
> > On 05.10.2016 17:24, Michael Meeks wrote:
> >
> > actually the separate process is a potential security advantage, if we
> > would only realize that and sandbox it properly - C++ based PDF readers
> > tend to accumulate quite some CVEs...
> [snip]
> CVE = Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures?:
>    https://cve.mitre.org/about/

yes, now look here
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=xpdf

> > >     In general - it would be -way- better to pick up something like eg.
> > > pdfium - and add a rendering front-end there to match first, the same
> > > protocol (but we can do this in-process), and subsquently to simplify
> > > and factor lots of that madness out =) PDFium seems to be gaining
> > > traction in browsers (Chrome + Firefox) and so on.
>
> Mr. Stahl, what about this idea of using PDFium?

i have no idea what that is :)