diff -up texlive-base-20220321/source/configure.poppler-22.08.0 texlive-base-20220321/source/configure
--- texlive-base-20220321/source/configure.poppler-22.08.0	2022-10-31 09:48:21.875540925 -0400
+++ texlive-base-20220321/source/configure	2022-10-31 09:50:13.731220862 -0400
@@ -23545,7 +23545,7 @@ printf %s "checking requested system \`x
 int
 main (void)
 {
-GfxFont *gfxFont; gfxFont->decRefCnt();
+GfxFont *gfxFont; gfxFont->getFlags();
   ;
   return 0;
 }
diff -up texlive-base-20220321/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/pdftoepdf.cc.poppler-22.08.0 texlive-base-20220321/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/pdftoepdf.cc
--- texlive-base-20220321/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/pdftoepdf.cc.poppler-22.08.0	2022-10-31 09:48:21.872540907 -0400
+++ texlive-base-20220321/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/pdftoepdf.cc	2022-10-31 09:48:21.876540932 -0400
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ struct InObj {
 
 struct UsedEncoding {
     int enc_objnum;
-    GfxFont *font;
+    std::shared_ptr<GfxFont> font;
     UsedEncoding *next;
 };
 
@@ -167,8 +167,8 @@ static PdfDocument *find_add_document(ch
     p->file_name = xstrdup(file_name);
     p->xref = xref = 0;
     p->occurences = 0;
-    GString *docName = new GString(p->file_name);
-    p->doc = new PDFDoc(docName);       // takes ownership of docName
+    // GString *docName = new GString(p->file_name);
+    p->doc = new PDFDoc(std::make_unique<GooString>(p->file_name));       // takes ownership of docName
     if (!p->doc->isOk() || !p->doc->okToPrint()) {
         pdftex_fail("xpdf: reading PDF image failed");
     }
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ static void delete_document(PdfDocument
 
 // --------------------------------------------------------------------
 
-static int addEncoding(GfxFont * gfont)
+static int addEncoding(std::shared_ptr<GfxFont> gfont)
 {
     UsedEncoding *n;
     n = new UsedEncoding;
@@ -395,7 +395,8 @@ static void copyFont(const char *tag, Ob
 {
     Object fontdict, subtype, basefont, fontdescRef, fontdesc, charset,
         stemV;
-    GfxFont *gfont;
+    // GfxFont *gfont;
+    std::shared_ptr<GfxFont> gfont;
     fd_entry *fd;
     fm_entry *fontmap;
     // Check whether the font has already been embedded before analysing it.
@@ -666,6 +667,7 @@ static void writeEncodings()
     UsedEncoding *r, *n;
     char *glyphNames[256], *s;
     int i;
+
     for (r = encodingList; r != 0; r = r->next) {
         for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
             if (r->font->isCIDFont()) {
@@ -673,7 +675,8 @@ static void writeEncodings()
                     ("PDF inclusion: CID fonts are not supported"
                      " (try to disable font replacement to fix this)");
             }
-            if ((s = (char *) ((Gfx8BitFont *) r->font)->getCharName(i)) != 0)
+            const GfxFont *const font = r->font.get();
+            if ((s = (char *) ((Gfx8BitFont *) font)->getCharName(i)) != 0)
                 glyphNames[i] = s;
             else
                 glyphNames[i] = notdef;
@@ -682,7 +685,7 @@ static void writeEncodings()
     }
     for (r = encodingList; r != 0; r = n) {
         n = r->next;
-	r->font->decRefCnt();
+	// r->font->decRefCnt();
         delete r;
     }
 }
diff -up texlive-base-20220321/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/pdftosrc.cc.poppler-22.08.0 texlive-base-20220321/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/pdftosrc.cc
--- texlive-base-20220321/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/pdftosrc.cc.poppler-22.08.0	2022-10-31 09:48:21.866540870 -0400
+++ texlive-base-20220321/source/texk/web2c/pdftexdir/pdftosrc.cc	2022-10-31 09:48:21.876540932 -0400
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
     char *p, buf[1024];
     PDFDoc *doc;
-    GString *fileName;
+    std::unique_ptr<GooString> fileName;
     Stream *s;
     Object srcStream, srcName, catalogDict;
     FILE *outfile;
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
                 "Usage: pdftosrc <PDF-file> [<stream-object-number>]\n");
         exit(1);
     }
-    fileName = new GString(argv[1]);
+    fileName = std::make_unique<GString>(argv[1]);
     globalParams = std::unique_ptr<GlobalParams>(new GlobalParams());
-    doc = new PDFDoc(fileName);
+    doc = new PDFDoc(std::move(fileName));
     if (!doc->isOk()) {
         fprintf(stderr, "Invalid PDF file\n");
         exit(1);
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
             fprintf(stderr, "Not a Stream object\n");
             exit(1);
         }
-        sprintf(buf, "%s", fileName->c_str());
+        sprintf(buf, "%s", argv[1]);
         if ((p = strrchr(buf, '.')) == 0)
             p = strchr(buf, 0);
         if (objgen == 0)
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         outname = buf;
     } else {                    // objnum < 0 means we are extracting the XRef table
         extract_xref_table = true;
-        sprintf(buf, "%s", fileName->c_str());
+        sprintf(buf, "%s", argv[1]);
         if ((p = strrchr(buf, '.')) == 0)
             p = strchr(buf, 0);
         sprintf(p, ".xref");