Evince should really be able to catch + display this rather than just plain dying.

(gdb) r
Starting program: /usr/bin/evince sdarticle-1.pdf
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
[New Thread 0xb6ad06d0 (LWP 23514)]
[New Thread 0xb699fb90 (LWP 23532)]
Error (6355211): Bad 'Length' attribute in stream
Error (0): Call to Object where the object was type 11, not the expected type 8

Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
[Switching to Thread 0xb6ad06d0 (LWP 23514)]
0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
(gdb) thread apply all bt full

Thread 2 (Thread 0xb699fb90 (LWP 23532)):
#0  0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
No symbol table info available.
#1  0xb766d5c6 in pthread_cond_wait@@GLIBC_2.3.2 () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libpthread.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#2  0x0805fba8 in ev_render_thread (data=0x0) at /data/tparker/builder/sources/evince_2.22.1.1-2/./shell/ev-job-queue.c:256
	job = (EvJob *) 0x841d5b0
#3  0xb725429f in ?? () from /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#4  0x00000000 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.

Thread 1 (Thread 0xb6ad06d0 (LWP 23514)):
#0  0xffffe410 in __kernel_vsyscall ()
No symbol table info available.
#1  0xb70dcdf0 in raise () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.
#2  0xb70de641 in abort () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
No symbol table info available.
#3  0xb7634867 in poppler_page_get_thumbnail_size (page=0x845d968, width=0xbfdcbb74, height=0xbfdcbb70) at ../poppler/Object.h:325
	thumb = {type = objError, {booln = 0, intg = 0, real = -6.9153805523323409e-42, string = 0x0, name = 0x0, array = 0x0, dict = 0x0, stream = 0x0, ref = {num = 0, gen = -1218230533}, 
    cmd = 0x0}}
	dict = <value optimized out>
	retval = <value optimized out>
	__PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "gboolean poppler_page_get_thumbnail_size(PopplerPage*, int*, int*)"
#4  0xb534110d in pdf_document_thumbnails_get_dimensions (document_thumbnails=0x8451e50, rc=0x845d8f0, width=0xbfdcbb74, height=0xbfdcbb70)
    at /data/tparker/builder/sources/evince_2.22.1.1-2/./backend/pdf/ev-poppler.cc:1358
	poppler_page = (PopplerPage *) 0x845d968
	has_thumb = <value optimized out>
	__PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "void pdf_document_thumbnails_get_dimensions(EvDocumentThumbnails*, EvRenderContext*, gint*, gint*)"
#5  0xb7f1318f in ev_document_thumbnails_get_dimensions (document=0x8451e50, rc=0x845d8f0, width=0xbfdcbb74, height=0xbfdcbb70)
    at /data/tparker/builder/sources/evince_2.22.1.1-2/./libdocument/ev-document-thumbnails.c:75
	__PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "ev_document_thumbnails_get_dimensions"
#6  0x08067567 in ev_page_cache_new (document=0x8451e50) at /data/tparker/builder/sources/evince_2.22.1.1-2/./shell/ev-page-cache.c:360
	page_width = 576
	page_height = 792
	thumb_width = 0
	thumb_height = 0
	page_cache = (EvPageCache *) 0x8243358
	info = <value optimized out>
	thumb_info = <value optimized out>
	rc = (EvRenderContext *) 0x845d8f0
	i = 0
	__PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "ev_page_cache_new"
#7  0x08067938 in ev_page_cache_get (document=0x8451e50) at /data/tparker/builder/sources/evince_2.22.1.1-2/./shell/ev-page-cache.c:688
	page_cache = (EvPageCache *) 0x0
	__PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "ev_page_cache_get"
#8  0x0807df57 in ev_window_load_job_cb (job=0x841d5b0, data=0x8109010) at /data/tparker/builder/sources/evince_2.22.1.1-2/./shell/ev-window.c:1157
	ev_window = <value optimized out>
	document = (EvDocument *) 0x8451e50
---Type <return> to continue, or q <return> to quit---
	__PRETTY_FUNCTION__ = "ev_window_load_job_cb"
#9  0xb72c3c39 in g_cclosure_marshal_VOID__VOID () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#10 0xb72b686b in g_closure_invoke () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#11 0xb72c722f in ?? () from /usr/lib/libgobject-2.0.so.0
No symbol table info available.
#12 0x0843f890 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
#13 0x00000000 in ?? ()
No symbol table info available.
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