Re: CVE-2017-14482 - Red Hat Customer Portal

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Yuri Khan <yuri.v.khan@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2017 03:50:51 +0700
> Cc: "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> 
> On Sun, Sep 24, 2017 at 12:34 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> > Why are you visiting a file about which you know nothing at all?
> 
> Why not? Opening a file in a text editor is not normally considered a
> hazardous activity.

A file whose source you don't trust or are unfamiliar with should
initially be examined with find-file-literally, if your security is
indeed important for you.  That emulates what most other text editors
do when you open a file.