diff --git a/crates/crypt/src/lib.rs b/crates/crypt/src/lib.rs
index e697bc8553..be9def0704 100644
--- a/crates/crypt/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/crypt/src/lib.rs
@@ -302,20 +302,33 @@ impl SecurityHandler {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Algorithm 1 (§7.6.3.3): the key for one object. AES-256 uses the file key directly.
+    /// Algorithm 1 (§7.6.3.2): the key for one object. AES-256 uses the file key directly
+    /// (Algorithm 1.A, §7.6.3.3).
+    ///
+    /// For an RC4 crypt filter under `/V 4`, a file key shorter than 16 bytes is first extended
+    /// to 16 bytes with zeros. The standard doesn't say so (Algorithm 1 takes the n-byte key as
+    /// it is), but that is how Acrobat writes and reads such files: a `/V 4` RC4 crypt filter
+    /// with a 40- or 48-bit key (pdf.js issue 19484). The renderer's `hayro-syntax` reads them
+    /// the same way, so a page it shows is one this crate can read and save. AES-128 keys are
+    /// left as they are: `AESV2` takes a 128-bit key (Table 25), and Acrobat's extension is only
+    /// seen with RC4. Every key PdfCraft writes under `/V 4` is 16 bytes already.
     fn object_key(&self, method: Method, num: u32, generation: u16) -> Vec<u8> {
         if method == Method::Aes256 {
             return self.key.clone();
         }
+        let mut key = self.key.clone();
+        if method == Method::Rc4 && self.dict.v == 4 && key.len() < 16 {
+            key.resize(16, 0);
+        }
         let mut h = Md5::new();
-        h.update(&self.key);
+        h.update(&key);
         h.update(&num.to_le_bytes()[..3]);
         h.update(generation.to_le_bytes());
         if method == Method::Aes128 {
             h.update(b"sAlT");
         }
         let digest = h.finalize();
-        digest[..(self.key.len() + 5).min(16)].to_vec()
+        digest[..(key.len() + 5).min(16)].to_vec()
     }
 
     fn apply(&self, method: Method, num: u32, generation: u16, data: &[u8], encrypt: bool) -> Vec<u8> {
diff --git a/crates/crypt/src/tests.rs b/crates/crypt/src/tests.rs
index 09a88ed129..a9745d7777 100644
--- a/crates/crypt/src/tests.rs
+++ b/crates/crypt/src/tests.rs
@@ -280,6 +280,69 @@ proptest::proptest! {
     }
 }
 
+/// A `/V 4` RC4 crypt filter with a 40- or 48-bit key, as Acrobat writes it (pdf.js issue 19484):
+/// the file key is extended to 16 bytes with zeros before Algorithm 1, so each object's key is
+/// all 16 bytes of MD5(key, zeros, object, generation). Everything else keeps Algorithm 1 as the
+/// standard has it, n + 5 bytes (at most 16) of MD5(key, object, generation[, "sAlT"]): a `/V 2`
+/// file with the same short key, a full 128-bit `/V 4` RC4 key, and AESV2, short (88 bits) or
+/// full. Each object key is computed here by hand; data written with it must decrypt.
+#[test]
+fn a_v4_rc4_key_shorter_than_16_bytes_is_extended_with_zeros() {
+    let text = b"Page tree in an object stream".to_vec();
+    let cases =
+        [(4, 40, Method::Rc4), (4, 48, Method::Rc4), (2, 40, Method::Rc4), (4, 128, Method::Rc4), (4, 88, Method::Aes128), (4, 128, Method::Aes128)];
+    for (v, bits, method) in cases {
+        let mut d = EncryptDict {
+            filter: b"Standard".to_vec(),
+            v,
+            r: if v == 4 { 4 } else { 3 },
+            length_bits: bits,
+            o: vec![7; 32],
+            p: -3392,
+            encrypt_metadata: v != 4,
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+        if v == 4 {
+            d.crypt_filters = vec![(b"StdCF".to_vec(), method)];
+            d.stm_f = b"StdCF".to_vec();
+            d.str_f = b"StdCF".to_vec();
+        }
+        let key = file_key_r4(&d, ID, b"");
+        assert_eq!(key.len(), (bits / 8) as usize);
+        d.u = u_value_r4(&d, ID, &key);
+        let h = SecurityHandler::open(d, ID, None).unwrap();
+        let (num, generation) = (13u32, 0u16);
+        let extended = v == 4 && method == Method::Rc4 && key.len() < 16;
+        let mut md5 = Md5::new();
+        md5.update(&key);
+        if extended {
+            md5.update(vec![0u8; 16 - key.len()]);
+        }
+        md5.update(&num.to_le_bytes()[..3]);
+        md5.update(generation.to_le_bytes());
+        if method == Method::Aes128 {
+            md5.update(b"sAlT");
+        }
+        let digest = md5.finalize();
+        let n = if extended { 16 } else { key.len() };
+        let object_key = digest[..(n + 5).min(16)].to_vec();
+        let case = format!("V{v}, {bits}-bit key, {method:?}");
+        let written = if method == Method::Rc4 {
+            rc4(&object_key, &text)
+        } else {
+            let iv = [3u8; 16];
+            [iv.to_vec(), aes_cbc_encrypt(&object_key, &iv, &text, true)].concat()
+        };
+        assert_eq!(h.decrypt_string(num, generation, &written), text, "{case}");
+        assert_eq!(h.decrypt_stream(num, generation, &written, StreamKind::Normal), text, "{case}");
+        let saved = h.encrypt_stream(num, generation, &text, StreamKind::Normal);
+        if method == Method::Rc4 {
+            assert_eq!(saved, written, "saved as it was read: {case}");
+        }
+        assert_eq!(h.decrypt_stream(num, generation, &saved, StreamKind::Normal), text, "{case}");
+    }
+}
+
 #[test]
 fn owner_authentication_recovers_the_user_password() {
     for alg in [Algorithm::Rc4_40, Algorithm::Rc4_128, Algorithm::Aes128] {
diff --git a/parity/acrobat-features.toml b/parity/acrobat-features.toml
index f917c3390b..a66d273360 100644
--- a/parity/acrobat-features.toml
+++ b/parity/acrobat-features.toml
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ milestone = "M1"
 status = "shipped"
 commands = []
 tools = []
-evidence = ["crates/crypt/src/tests.rs::identity_crypt_filters_leave_data_alone", "crates/cos/tests/it/encryption.rs::a_crypt_filter_selected_by_reference_is_used", "crates/cos/tests/it/encryption.rs::an_identity_crypt_filter_selected_by_reference_leaves_a_stream_alone", "crates/render/src/raster/tests.rs::a_stream_with_a_crypt_filter_of_its_own_is_drawn"]
-notes = "a stream can name its own filter (/Crypt in /Filter, its name in /DecodeParms), read and written, each part given directly or by reference, in cos and in the renderer; /StmF, /StrF, /EFF and /CFM by reference too. A /Filter given by reference selects the crypt filter, but Stream::decoded still refuses it, so such a stream is decrypted and not decoded outside the renderer."
+evidence = ["crates/crypt/src/tests.rs::identity_crypt_filters_leave_data_alone", "crates/cos/tests/it/encryption.rs::a_crypt_filter_selected_by_reference_is_used", "crates/cos/tests/it/encryption.rs::an_identity_crypt_filter_selected_by_reference_leaves_a_stream_alone", "crates/render/src/raster/tests.rs::a_stream_with_a_crypt_filter_of_its_own_is_drawn", "crates/crypt/src/tests.rs::a_v4_rc4_key_shorter_than_16_bytes_is_extended_with_zeros"]
+notes = "a stream can name its own filter (/Crypt in /Filter, its name in /DecodeParms), read and written, each part given directly or by reference, in cos and in the renderer; /StmF, /StrF, /EFF and /CFM by reference too. A /Filter given by reference selects the crypt filter, but Stream::decoded still refuses it, so such a stream is decrypted and not decoded outside the renderer. A /V 4 RC4 filter with a 40- or 48-bit key reads as Acrobat writes it, the key extended to 16 bytes with zeros before Algorithm 1, in cos as in the renderer (pdf.js issue 19484)."
 
 [[feature]]
 id = "core.attachment-only-encryption"