@@ -935,7 +935,13 @@ int pdf_extract_obj(struct pdf_struct *pdf, struct pdf_obj *obj, uint32_t flags)

                 if (pstr) {

                     unsigned int objsz = obj_size(pdf, obj, 1);

-                    /* shift pstr to "<<" for pdf_parse_dict */

+                    /* shift pstr left to "<<" for pdf_parse_dict */

+                    while ((*pstr == '<') && (pstr > start)) {

+                        pstr--;

+                        len++;

+                    }

+

+                    /* shift pstr right to "<<" for pdf_parse_dict */

                     while ((*pstr != '<') && (len > 0)) {

                         pstr++;

                         len--;