diff -up bulk_extractor-1.5.5/plugins/dfxml/src/hash_t.h.openssl11 bulk_extractor-1.5.5/plugins/dfxml/src/hash_t.h
--- bulk_extractor-1.5.5/plugins/dfxml/src/hash_t.h.openssl11	2014-09-16 20:34:02.000000000 +0200
+++ bulk_extractor-1.5.5/plugins/dfxml/src/hash_t.h	2017-10-15 13:25:54.154825878 +0200
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ inline std::string digest_name<sha512_t>
 
 template<const EVP_MD *md(),size_t SIZE> 
 class hash_generator__ { 			/* generates the hash */
-    EVP_MD_CTX mdctx;	     /* the context for computing the value */
+    EVP_MD_CTX * mdctx;	     /* the context for computing the value */
     bool initialized;	       /* has the context been initialized? */
     bool finalized;
     /* Static function to determine if something is zero */
@@ -208,15 +208,16 @@ public:
     }
     void release(){			/* free allocated memory */
 	if(initialized){
-	    EVP_MD_CTX_cleanup(&mdctx);
+	    EVP_MD_CTX_free(mdctx);
+	    mdctx = NULL;
 	    initialized = false;
 	    hashed_bytes = 0;
 	}
     }
     void init(){
 	if(initialized==false){
-	    EVP_MD_CTX_init(&mdctx);
-	    EVP_DigestInit_ex(&mdctx, md(), NULL);
+	    mdctx = EVP_MD_CTX_new();
+	    EVP_DigestInit_ex(mdctx, md(), NULL);
 	    initialized = true;
 	    finalized = false;
 	    hashed_bytes = 0;
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ public:
 	    std::cerr << "hashgen_t::update called after finalized\n";
 	    exit(1);
 	}
-	EVP_DigestUpdate(&mdctx,buf,bufsize);
+	EVP_DigestUpdate(mdctx,buf,bufsize);
 	hashed_bytes += bufsize;
     }
     hash__<md,SIZE> final() {
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ public:
 	}
 	hash__<md,SIZE> val;
 	unsigned int len = sizeof(val.digest);
-	EVP_DigestFinal(&mdctx,val.digest,&len);
+	EVP_DigestFinal(mdctx,val.digest,&len);
 	finalized = true;
 	return val;
     }
diff -up bulk_extractor-1.5.5/src/dfxml/src/hash_t.h.openssl11 bulk_extractor-1.5.5/src/dfxml/src/hash_t.h
--- bulk_extractor-1.5.5/src/dfxml/src/hash_t.h.openssl11	2014-09-16 20:34:02.000000000 +0200
+++ bulk_extractor-1.5.5/src/dfxml/src/hash_t.h	2017-10-15 13:21:40.917396494 +0200
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ inline std::string digest_name<sha512_t>
 
 template<const EVP_MD *md(),size_t SIZE> 
 class hash_generator__ { 			/* generates the hash */
-    EVP_MD_CTX mdctx;	     /* the context for computing the value */
+    EVP_MD_CTX * mdctx;	     /* the context for computing the value */
     bool initialized;	       /* has the context been initialized? */
     bool finalized;
     /* Static function to determine if something is zero */
@@ -208,15 +208,16 @@ public:
     }
     void release(){			/* free allocated memory */
 	if(initialized){
-	    EVP_MD_CTX_cleanup(&mdctx);
+	    EVP_MD_CTX_free(mdctx);
+	    mdctx = NULL;
 	    initialized = false;
 	    hashed_bytes = 0;
 	}
     }
     void init(){
 	if(initialized==false){
-	    EVP_MD_CTX_init(&mdctx);
-	    EVP_DigestInit_ex(&mdctx, md(), NULL);
+	    mdctx = EVP_MD_CTX_new();
+	    EVP_DigestInit_ex(mdctx, md(), NULL);
 	    initialized = true;
 	    finalized = false;
 	    hashed_bytes = 0;
@@ -228,7 +229,7 @@ public:
 	    std::cerr << "hashgen_t::update called after finalized\n";
 	    exit(1);
 	}
-	EVP_DigestUpdate(&mdctx,buf,bufsize);
+	EVP_DigestUpdate(mdctx,buf,bufsize);
 	hashed_bytes += bufsize;
     }
     hash__<md,SIZE> final() {
@@ -242,7 +243,7 @@ public:
 	}
 	hash__<md,SIZE> val;
 	unsigned int len = sizeof(val.digest);
-	EVP_DigestFinal(&mdctx,val.digest,&len);
+	EVP_DigestFinal(mdctx,val.digest,&len);
 	finalized = true;
 	return val;
     }