mlkit: [Bug report] `NullPointerException` when reading QR code from specific image

Describe the bug When I was trying to read a specific image file that contains a valid QR code, the scanner throws an NPE or is unable to read the data.

D/VisionProcessorBase: Failed to process. Error: Internal error has occurred when executing ML Kit tasks
W/System.err: com.google.mlkit.common.MlKitException: Internal error has occurred when executing ML Kit tasks
W/System.err:     at com.google.mlkit.common.sdkinternal.ModelResource.zza(com.google.mlkit:common@@18.5.0:9)
W/System.err:     at com.google.mlkit.common.sdkinternal.zzn.run(Unknown Source:10)
W/System.err:     at com.google.mlkit.common.sdkinternal.zzt.run(com.google.mlkit:common@@18.5.0:2)
W/System.err:     at com.google.mlkit.common.sdkinternal.MlKitThreadPool.zze(com.google.mlkit:common@@18.5.0:4)
W/System.err:     at com.google.mlkit.common.sdkinternal.MlKitThreadPool.zzc(com.google.mlkit:common@@18.5.0:1)
W/System.err:     at com.google.mlkit.common.sdkinternal.zzk.run(Unknown Source:2)
W/System.err:     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1167)
W/System.err:     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:641)
W/System.err:     at com.google.mlkit.common.sdkinternal.MlKitThreadPool.zzd(com.google.mlkit:common@@18.5.0:2)
W/System.err:     at com.google.mlkit.common.sdkinternal.zzi.run(Unknown Source:2)
W/System.err:     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:923)
W/System.err: Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to get length of null array
W/System.err:     at com.google.android.gms.internal.mlkit_vision_barcode_bundled.zzec.zzJ(com.google.mlkit:barcode-scanning@@17.0.2:1)
W/System.err:     at com.google.photos.vision.barhopper.BarhopperProto$BarhopperResponse.zzb(com.google.mlkit:barcode-scanning@@17.0.2:1)
W/System.err:     at com.google.android.libraries.barhopper.BarhopperV3.toProto(com.google.mlkit:barcode-scanning@@17.0.2:1)
W/System.err:     at com.google.android.libraries.barhopper.BarhopperV3.recognize(com.google.mlkit:barcode-scanning@@17.0.2:11)
W/System.err:     at com.google.mlkit.vision.barcode.bundled.internal.zza.zzb(com.google.mlkit:barcode-scanning@@17.0.2:5)
W/System.err:     at com.google.android.gms.internal.mlkit_vision_barcode_bundled.zzbk.zza(com.google.mlkit:barcode-scanning@@17.0.2:3)
W/System.err:     at com.google.android.gms.internal.mlkit_vision_barcode_bundled.zzb.onTransact(com.google.mlkit:barcode-scanning@@17.0.2:3)
W/System.err:     at android.os.Binder.transact(Binder.java:1054)
W/System.err:     at com.google.android.gms.internal.mlkit_vision_barcode.zza.zzb(com.google.android.gms:play-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning@@18.0.0:2)
W/System.err:     at com.google.android.gms.internal.mlkit_vision_barcode.zzox.zzd(com.google.android.gms:play-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning@@18.0.0:4)
W/System.err:     at com.google.mlkit.vision.barcode.internal.zzl.zza(com.google.android.gms:play-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning@@18.0.0:14)
W/System.err:     at com.google.mlkit.vision.barcode.internal.zzi.zzc(com.google.android.gms:play-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning@@18.0.0:3)
W/System.err:     at com.google.mlkit.vision.barcode.internal.zzi.run(com.google.android.gms:play-services-mlkit-barcode-scanning@@18.0.0:1)
W/System.err:     at com.google.mlkit.vision.common.internal.MobileVisionBase.zza(com.google.mlkit:vision-common@@17.2.1:2)
W/System.err:     at com.google.mlkit.vision.common.internal.zza.call(Unknown Source:4)
W/System.err:     at com.google.mlkit.common.sdkinternal.ModelResource.zza(com.google.mlkit:common@@18.5.0:8)
W/System.err: 	... 10 more
E/BarcodeProcessor: Barcode detection failed com.google.mlkit.common.MlKitException: Internal error has occurred when executing ML Kit tasks

To Reproduce

The image contains some personal private info, if it’s applicable, please leave an email address then I can send the original image.

Example Steps to reproduce the behavior in the sample app:

1. Run the “ML Kit Vision Quickstart” example.
2. Click on ‘Run the ML kit quickstart written in Kotlin’
3. Click on ‘StillImageActivity’
4. Change “Object Detection” to “Barcode Scanning”
5. Choose the image from the album.

SDK Info:

• com.google.mlkit:barcode-scanning:17.0.2
• GoogleMLKit/BarcodeScanning ~3.2.0

Smartphone:

• Device/Simulator: All devices (including Android and iOS)